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.
- species irisIris spuriaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- speedwellVeronica liwanensisZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3"
- st. bernard's lilyAnthericum liliagoZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- staticeGoniolimon tataricumZones 4 to 10 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- willow bellCampanula persicifoliaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- caucasian stonecropPhedimus spuriusZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- corsican violetViola corsicaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- early buttercupRanunculus fascicularisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade
- false hydrangeaHydrangea caeruleaZones 5 to 7 · Part shade · 12 to 18"
- goldenrodSolidago drummondiiZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- hardy geraniumGeranium phaeumZones 5 to 7 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- hostaHosta clausaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- hostaHosta lancifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- hostaHosta ventricosaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- inulaPentanema verbascifoliumZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- ladybellsAdenophora liliifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- lilac sageSalvia verticillataZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Mediterranean sea hollyEryngium bourgatiiZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- prairie camasCamassia angustaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- prickly comfreySymphytum asperumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- pyramidal saxifrageSaxifraga cotyledonZones 4 to 6 · Part shade · 12"
- rodgersiaRodgersia nepalensisZones 5 to 8 · Part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- rosulariaRosularia platyphyllaZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- spotted st. john's-wortHypericum punctatumZones 3 to 10 · Part shade · 3 ft
- spring gentianGentiana vernaZones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- tartarian asterAster tataricusZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- tasteless stonecropSedum sexangulareZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- white blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium albidumZones 4 to 9 · 15"
- wood cranesbillGeranium sylvaticumZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- wormwoodArtemisia capillarisZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 12 to 18"
- yellow floating heartNymphoides peltataZones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 4 to 6"
- yellow sundropsOenothera serrulataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 18"
- bellflowerCampanula latifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- clustered poppy-mallowCallirhoe triangulataZones 4 to 8 · 2 ft
- evening campionSilene niveaZones 3 to 6 · 2 ft
- feverwortTriosteum perfoliatumZones 4 to 9 · 4 ft
- great yellow gentianGentiana luteaZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- hairy pagoda-plantBlephilia hirsutaZones 3 to 8 · 3 ft
- lanceleaf figwortScrophularia lanceolataZones 3 to 7 · 5 ft
- rupturewortHerniaria glabraZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- yellow avensGeum aleppicumZones 3 to 7 · Full shade · 4 ft
- curly pondweedPotamogeton crispusZones 4 to 12 · Sun to part shade
- gravelweedVerbesina helianthoidesZones 5 to 8 · 4 ft
- great Indian plantainArnoglossum reniformeZones 4 to 9 · 10 ft
- pale dockRumex altissimusZones 4 to 9 · 4 ft
- sand milkweedAsclepias arenariaZones 5 to 8
- Brass Lantern heucherellaHeucherella 'Brass Lantern'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Splendens thriftArmeria maritima 'Splendens'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Golden Queen globe flowerTrollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Looking Glass Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'Looking Glass'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 6 to 18"
- Orange Princess globe flowerTrollius cultorum 'Orange Princess'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- The Rocket leopard plantLigularia stenocephala 'The Rocket'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Yellowstone Falls heucherellaHeucherella 'Yellowstone Falls'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 9"
- Blue Panda corydalisCorydalis flexuosa 'Blue Panda'Zones 5 to 8 · Part shade · 12"
- Crystal Halo Japanese irisIris ensata 'Crystal Halo'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Elin meadow rueThalictrum 'Elin'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Eroica bergeniaBergenia 'Eroica'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Vestal wood anemoneAnemone nemorosa 'Vestal'Zones 5 to 8 · Part shade
- Dark Vader pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Dark Vader'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 8 to 12"
- Gerald Darby blue flag irisIris robusta 'Gerald Darby'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft