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.
- Eye Caramba moss phloxPhlox subulata 'Eye Caramba'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Honeymoon French Kiss lenten roseHelleborus 'Honeymoon French Kiss'Zones 5 to 8 · Part shade
- Honeymoon Sandy Shores lenten roseHelleborus 'Honeymoon Sandy Shores'Zones 5 to 8 · Part shade
- Little Lamb lamb’s earStachys byzantina 'Little Lamb'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Perfect Storm crane's-billGeranium 'Perfect Storm'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Pretty in Pink pulmonariaPulmonaria 'Pretty in Pink'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Raspberry Eclipse daylilyHemerocallis 'Raspberry Eclipse'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Silver Scent sageSalvia officinalis 'Silver Scent'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Sombrero Blanco coneflowerEchinacea 'Sombrero Blanco'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Sombrero Rosada coneflowerEchinacea 'Sombrero Rosada'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Violet Riot sageSalvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Tiny Tim martin's spurgeEuphorbia martini 'Tiny Tim'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Autumn Glow toad lilyTricyrtis formosana 'Autumn Glow'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blushing Bride prairie spiderwortTradescantia 'Blushing Bride'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Eastern Star southern annual saltmarsh asterSymphyotrichum divaricatum 'Eastern Star'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Forever Pink smooth phloxPhlox glaberrima 'Forever Pink'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Jindai tartarian asterAster tataricus 'Jindai'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Minus thymeThymus praecox 'Minus'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3"
- Orange Carpet hummingbird's trumpetZauschneria 'Orange Carpet'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- Red Cloud prairie spiderwortTradescantia 'Red Cloud'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- September Ruby tartarian asterAster 'September Ruby'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Blue Waterfall trailing bellflowerCampanula poscharskyana 'Blue Waterfall'Zones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- Coccineus thymeThymus praecox 'Coccineus'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- Halfway to Arkansas blue starAmsonia ciliata 'Halfway to Arkansas'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Rapido Blue tussock bellflowerCampanula carpatica 'Rapido Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Rapido White tussock bellflowerCampanula carpatica 'Rapido White'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Siskiyou white evening primroseOenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- alpine rock cressArabis alpinaZones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- American mountain mintPycnanthemum muticumZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- bee's primrosePrimula bulleyanaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- button eryngoEryngium yuccifoliumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- common cowslipPrimula verisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- greater sea kaleCrambe cordifoliaZones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 7 ft
- American liverwortHepatica americanaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- common pitcher plantSarracenia purpureaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Color Coded The OG coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Color Coded The OG'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- Rosea Plena common peonyPaeonia officinalis 'Rosea Plena'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cloth of Gold fern-leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Gold Plate fern-leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- King George tartarian asterAster amellus 'King George'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Bloodstone thriftArmeria maritima 'Bloodstone'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Copper Cascade heucherellaHeucherella 'Copper Cascade'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"
- Honey Rose heucherellaHeucherella 'Honey Rose'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"
- Magic Lime Green matricariaTanacetum parthenium 'Magic Lime Green'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 1"
- Redstone Falls heucherellaHeucherella 'Redstone Falls'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Romance foxtail lilyEremurus isabellinus 'Romance'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- Stairway to Heaven jacob's ladderPolemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Tetra White matricariaTanacetum parthenium 'Tetra White'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 1"
- Zebrina common mallowMalva sylvestris 'Zebrina'Zones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Alexander'S Great Siberian buglossBrunnera macrophylla 'AlexanderS Great'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Center of Attention Japanese irisIris ensata 'Center of Attention'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Desdemona leopard plantLigularia dentata 'Desdemona'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Harlem oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Harlem'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Hello Yellow blackberry lilyIris domestica 'Hello Yellow'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Little Vision in Pink Chinese astilbeAstilbe chinensis 'Little Vision in Pink'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Magic Single matricariaTanacetum parthenium 'Magic Single'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 1"
- Misty Blue white baneberryActaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Othello leopard plantLigularia dentata 'Othello'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Raspberry Queen oriental poppyPapaver orientale 'Raspberry Queen'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Red Nancy spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum 'Red Nancy'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 9"