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.
- Bridal Bouquet peonyPaeonia 'Bridal Bouquet'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- allegheny spurgePachysandra procumbensZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- American spikenardAralia racemosaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- bladder campionSilene vulgarisZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- blanket flowerGaillardia aristataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- bunchberryCornus canadensisZones 2 to 6 · Sun to shade · 3 to 9"
- common mallowMalva sylvestrisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- corn mintMentha arvensisZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 3 ft
- dog's tooth violetErythronium dens-canisZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- dutchman's breechesDicentra cucullariaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- hostaHosta plantagineaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- knapweedCentaurea montanaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- may-applePodophyllum peltatumZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- pearly everlastingAnaphalis margaritaceaZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- pussytoesAntennaria plantaginifoliaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- pyrethrumTanacetum coccineumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- showy milkweedAsclepias speciosaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- spiked speedwellVeronica spicataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- spotted dead nettleLamium maculatumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"
- twinleafJeffersonia diphyllaZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- wall germanderTeucrium chamaedrysZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- wild petuniaRuellia humilisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- yellow archangelLamium galeobdolonZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- betonyBetonica officinalisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- cheddar pinkDianthus gratianopolitanusZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- common toadflaxLinaria vulgarisZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- dalmatian bellflowerCampanula portenschlagianaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- dittanyDictamnus albusZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- flowering rushButomus umbellatusZones 3 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 5 ft
- gooseneck loosestrifeLysimachia clethroidesZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lavandinLavandula intermediaZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- maiden pinkDianthus deltoidesZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- pasque flowerPulsatilla vulgarisZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- red campionSilene dioicaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- rock soapwortSaponaria ocymoidesZones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 6 to 9"
- smooth asterSymphyotrichum laeveZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- water forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- mazusMazus miqueliiZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- rue anemoneThalictrum thalictroidesZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- white campionSilene latifoliaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- white waterlilyNymphaea albaZones 4 to 11 · Full sun
- Honey Gold peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Honey Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Many Happy Returns peonyPaeonia 'Many Happy Returns'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Marmalade coral bellsHeuchera 'Marmalade'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- Mini Skirt hostaHosta 'Mini Skirt'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 7"
- Paradigm hostaHosta 'Paradigm'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 22"
- Regal Splendor hostaHosta 'Regal Splendor'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 5 ft
- Sagae hostaHosta 'Sagae'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Singing In The Rain peonyPaeonia 'Singing In The Rain'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Claire de Lune peonyPaeonia 'Claire de Lune'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Coccineus mother of thymeThymus serpyllum 'Coccineus'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3"
- Hadspen Blue hostaHosta 'Hadspen Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- Lemon Chiffon peonyPaeonia 'Lemon Chiffon'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Night Before Christmas hostaHosta 'Night Before Christmas'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 15 to 18"
- Snake Eyes hostaHosta 'Snake Eyes'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Victory hostaHosta 'Victory'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Dalmatian White foxgloveDigitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian White'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Cat's Pajamas nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Cats Pajamas'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 14 to 20"
- Fanal astilbeAstilbe rosea 'Fanal'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Perennial LupineLupinus polyphyllus 'Perennial Lupine'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft