Shrubs for zone 5
These 4,840 shrubs 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.
- Tiny Tim American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Tiny Tim'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Blue Mist caryopterisCaryopteris clandonensis 'Blue Mist'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Castle Wall blue hollyIlex meserveae 'Castle Wall'Zones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 8 ft
- Tuff Stuff Red mountain hydrangeaHydrangea serrata 'Tuff Stuff Red'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- Tuff Stuff Top Fun mountain hydrangeaHydrangea serrata 'Tuff Stuff Top Fun'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Ramapo rhododendronRhododendron 'Ramapo'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bog birchBetula pumilaZones 2 to 6 · Sun to shade · 4 to 12 ft
- california yerba santaEriodictyon californicumZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 10 ft
- cranberry cotoneasterCotoneaster apiculatusZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lowbush blueberryVaccinium pallidumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- mezereonDaphne mezereumZones 4 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- mountain andromedaPieris floribundaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- nevin's barberryBerberis neviniiZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- sand sagebrushArtemisia filifoliaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- savin juniperJuniperus sabinaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- shining willowSalix lucidaZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 25 to 20 ft
- smooth roseRosa blandaZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- stretchberryForestiera pubescensZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 8 to 15 ft
- swamp doghobbleEubotrys racemosusZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- winterfatKrascheninnikovia lanataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- yellow rabbitbrushChrysothamnus viscidiflorusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- American black elderberrySambucus canadensisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 12 ft
- bog blueberryVaccinium uliginosumZones 2 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- bushy st. john's wortHypericum densiflorumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 7 ft
- Chinese witch hazelHamamelis mollisZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- creeping cotoneasterCotoneaster adpressusZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- daphneDaphne cneorumZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- downy cherryPrunus tomentosaZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- hungarian lilacSyringa josikaeaZones 5 to 7 · Full sun · 7 to 10 ft
- Japanese beautyberryCallicarpa japonicaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- mock orangePhiladelphus virginalisZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 10 ft
- rock cotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- russet buffaloberryShepherdia canadensisZones 1 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 10 ft
- sweet-amberHypericum androsaemumZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- sweet briar roseRosa rubiginosaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- tea viburnumViburnum setigerumZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- tree peonyPaeonia delavayiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- weeping forsythiaForsythia suspensaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- western mountain ashSorbus sitchensisZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 12 ft
- witherod viburnumViburnum cassinoidesZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 12 ft
- missouri gooseberryRibes missourienseZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Summer Sorbet caryopterisCaryopteris clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Bloomerang Pink Perfume lilacSyringa 'Bloomerang Pink Perfume'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Carefree Spirit roseRosa 'Carefree Spirit'Zones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Flammentanz roseRosa 'Flammentanz'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 10 to 16 ft
- Magic Meidiland roseRosa 'Magic Meidiland'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 4 ft
- Scarlet Meidiland roseRosa 'Scarlet Meidiland'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Super Excelsa roseRosa 'Super Excelsa'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10 ft
- Wisley 2008 roseRosa 'Wisley 2008'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Angel Eyes roseRosa 'Angel Eyes'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Beoley Gold heatherCalluna vulgaris 'Beoley Gold'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Brick House Pink roseRosa 'Brick House Pink'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 16"
- Cherry Bonica roseRosa 'Cherry Bonica'Zones 5 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- For Your Eyes Only roseRosa 'For Your Eyes Only'Zones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Hana-kisoi tree peonyPaeonia suffruticosa 'Hana-kisoi'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Lady Marmalade roseRosa 'Lady Marmalade'Zones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Lawrence Johnston roseRosa 'Lawrence Johnston'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 20 to 25 ft
- Meteor roseRosa 'Meteor'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 7 ft
- Paul's Lemon Pillar roseRosa 'Pauls Lemon Pillar'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 20 ft
- Sunny Sky roseRosa 'Sunny Sky'Zones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft