Perennials for zone 5
These 11,417 perennials grow in USDA zone 5. Zone 5 winters reach -20 to -10°F (-29 to -23°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- Indian pinkSpigelia marilandicaZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Japanese bananaMusa basjooZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 14 ft
- leopard lilyLilium pardalinumZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- lilyturfLiriope muscariZones 5 to 10 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- musk mallowMalva moschataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- pale purple coneflowerEchinacea pallidaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- palm sedgeCarex muskingumensisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- phloxPhlox stoloniferaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- sea kaleCrambe maritimaZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Siberian squillScilla sibericaZones 2 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium maculatumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 7 ft
- stokes’ asterStokesia laevisZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- thriftArmeria maritimaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- alpine asterAster alpinusZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- bowman's rootGillenia trifoliataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- brown-eyed susanRudbeckia trilobaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- catchflySilene coronariaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- clustered bellflowerCampanula glomerataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- cup plantSilphium perfoliatumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- eastern columbineAquilegia canadensisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- gold dustAurinia saxatilisZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- grass widowOlsynium douglasiiZones 4 to 9 · Part shade · 16"
- meadow sageSalvia pratensisZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- oxlipPrimula elatiorZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- pickerel weedPontederia cordataZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- silver shamrockOxalis adenophyllaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- umbrella plantDarmera peltataZones 5 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Blue Paradise garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cytherea peonyPaeonia 'Cytherea'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Honorine Jobert anemoneAnemone 'Honorine Jobert'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- American Gold Rush black-eyed susanRudbeckia 'American Gold Rush'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Goldsturm black-eyed susanRudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Arizona Sun blanket flowerGaillardia 'Arizona Sun'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- Becky shasta daisyLeucanthemum superbum 'Becky'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Cherry Brandy rudbeckiaRudbeckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Six Hills Giant nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Six Hills Giant'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Helene Von Stein lamb’s earStachys byzantina 'Helene Von Stein'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Alexander Fleming peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Alexander Fleming'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Jacob Cline spotted beebalmMonarda 'Jacob Cline'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Picture peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Picture'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- August Moon hostaHosta 'August Moon'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Berry Smoothie coral bellsHeuchera 'Berry Smoothie'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Big Daddy hostaHosta sieboldiana 'Big Daddy'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Caramel coral bellsHeuchera 'Caramel'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- Citronelle coral bellsHeuchera 'Citronelle'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12"
- Dazzleberry sedumSedum 'Dazzleberry'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Dr. Alexander Fleming peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Dr. Alexander Fleming'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Empress Wu hostaHosta 'Empress Wu'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Fire and Ice hostaHosta 'Fire and Ice'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Georgia Peach coral bellsHeuchera 'Georgia Peach'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- New York irisIris 'New York'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- Paprika yarrowAchillea millefolium 'Paprika'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Plum Pudding coral bellsHeuchera 'Plum Pudding'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- PowWow White coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'PowWow White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- PowWow Wild Berry coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'PowWow Wild Berry'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Royal Standard hostaHosta 'Royal Standard'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Ruby Star coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Southern Comfort coral bellsHeuchera 'Southern Comfort'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- White Swan coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'White Swan'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blush peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Blush'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade