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.
- Miss America peonyPaeonia 'Miss America'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Mr. Goodbud sedumSedum 'Mr. Goodbud'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Neptune hostaHosta 'Neptune'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Paul's Glory hostaHosta 'Pauls Glory'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 22"
- Robert Poore garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Robert Poore'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Sea Shell peonyPaeonia 'Sea Shell'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Skywriter hostaHosta 'Skywriter'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 17"
- Anastasia lilyLilium 'Anastasia'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 7 ft
- Athena peonyPaeonia 'Athena'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Barrington Belle peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Barrington Belle'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blaze peonyPaeonia 'Blaze'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Mammoth hostaHosta 'Blue Mammoth'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Captain Kirk hostaHosta 'Captain Kirk'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Cherry Cola coral bellsHeuchera 'Cherry Cola'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- Dalmatian Purple foxgloveDigitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Eliza Lundy peonyPaeonia 'Eliza Lundy'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- First Arrival peonyPaeonia 'First Arrival'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Gardenview Scarlet spotted beebalmMonarda 'Gardenview Scarlet'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Gay Paree peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Gay Paree'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Green Jewel coneflowerEchinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Green Lotus peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Green Lotus'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Happy Days sunflowerHelianthus 'Happy Days'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Orange Marmalade hostaHosta 'Orange Marmalade'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Red Velvet yarrowAchillea millefolium 'Red Velvet'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Seducer hostaHosta 'Seducer'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Starfire garden phloxPhlox paniculata 'Starfire'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Stepping Out irisIris 'Stepping Out'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Superstition irisIris 'Superstition'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Sword Dance peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Sword Dance'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Thornbird irisIris 'Thornbird'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Whirlwind hostaHosta 'Whirlwind'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Bouquet Perfect peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Bouquet Perfect'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 5"
- Felix Crousse peonyPaeonia 'Felix Crousse'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Lime Marmalade coral bellsHeuchera 'Lime Marmalade'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- Mother's Choice peonyPaeonia 'Mothers Choice'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Aurora dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Aurora'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- Black Princess dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Black Princess'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Colorado dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea 'Colorado'Zones 3 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- Glitter coral bellsHeuchera 'Glitter'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Lucifer montbretiaCrocosmia 'Lucifer'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Bridal Veil astilbeAstilbe rosea 'Bridal Veil'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cinderella swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Jethro Tull tickseedCoreopsis 'Jethro Tull'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Little Lemon goldenrodSolidago 'Little Lemon'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Sahara rudbeckiaRudbeckia hirta 'Sahara'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 20 to 22"
- Sentimental Blue balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Silver Carpet lamb’s earStachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Blue Boa bill williams mountain giant hyssopAgastache 'Blue Boa'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Caesar's Brother Siberian irisIris sibirica 'Caesars Brother'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Dark Towers beardtonguePenstemon 'Dark Towers'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Happy Returns daylilyHemerocallis 'Happy Returns'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Junior Walker nepetaNepeta faassenii 'Junior Walker'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Luna Red rose mallowHibiscus moscheutos 'Luna Red'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Midnight Masquerade beardtonguePenstemon 'Midnight Masquerade'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Pardon Me daylilyHemerocallis 'Pardon Me'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Rosy Returns daylilyHemerocallis 'Rosy Returns'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 18"
- Whirling Butterflies gauraOenothera lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- arrowleaf balsamrootWyethia sagittataZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bitter rootLewisia redivivaZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3"
- blue bead lilyClintonia borealisZones 2 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft