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.
- Daniel Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Daniel'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Dream Joy common juniperJuniperus squamata 'Dream Joy'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Eichholz bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri 'Eichholz'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- FIRE N ICE Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'FIRE N ICE'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Glauca Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Glauca'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Gold Flash broomGenista pilosa 'Gold Flash'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- Heavenly Blue caryopterisCaryopteris clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Hetzii Glauca Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Hetzii Glauca'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 7 ft
- Holbert Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Holbert'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 6 ft
- Meyeri common juniperJuniperus squamata 'Meyeri'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun · 5 to 8 ft
- Passion Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'Passion'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Red Mill Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'Red Mill'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Rogers bottlebrush buckeyeAesculus parviflora 'Rogers'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 15 to 20 ft
- Stricta Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Stricta'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 6 ft
- Malonyana American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Malonyana'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Mirjam American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Mirjam'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Alleghany lantanaphyllum viburnumViburnum rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10 ft
- Amethyst Japanese witch hazelHamamelis 'Amethyst'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10 ft
- Creme de Mint red-barked dogwoodCornus alba 'Creme de Mint'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Willowwood lantanaphyllum viburnumViburnum rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 12 ft
- common wayfaring treeViburnum lantanaZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- red-barked dogwoodCornus albaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10 ft
- alternate-leaved butterfly bushBuddleja alternifoliaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 15 ft
- chamaecytisusChamaecytisus hirsutusZones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Japanese clethraClethra barbinervisZones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 10 to 20 ft
- broomGenista sagittalisZones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- rhododendronRhododendron fortuneiZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 15 to 25 ft
- rhododendronRhododendron makinoiZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Cornell Pink rhododendronRhododendron mucronulatum 'Cornell Pink'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to shade · 4 to 8 ft
- Nancy Evans rhododendronRhododendron 'Nancy Evans'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Scintillation rhododendronRhododendron 'Scintillation'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Taurus rhododendronRhododendron 'Taurus'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Dora Amateis rhododendronRhododendron 'Dora Amateis'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Julia Child roseRosa 'Julia Child'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Ancot smoketreeCotinus coggygria 'Ancot'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 15 ft
- Emerald winter creeperEuonymus fortunei 'Emerald'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Bad Rappenau peonyPaeonia 'Bad Rappenau'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Perfection peonyPaeonia 'Perfection'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 ft
- Goldfinch peonyPaeonia 'Goldfinch'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Kronos peonyPaeonia 'Kronos'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Murad of Hershey Bar peonyPaeonia 'Murad of Hershey Bar'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Summer Night peonyPaeonia 'Summer Night'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Tessera peonyPaeonia 'Tessera'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Blue Horizon butterfly bushBuddleja davidii 'Blue Horizon'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- Camkeep butterfly bushBuddleja davidii 'Camkeep'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- Darent Valley butterfly bushBuddleja davidii 'Darent Valley'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- West Hill wand butterflybushBuddleja 'West Hill'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- William R. Smith rose of sharonHibiscus syriacus 'William R. Smith'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Aphrodite Japanese witch hazelHamamelis intermedia 'Aphrodite'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Canary Bird manchu roseRosa xanthina 'Canary Bird'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 12 ft
- Barmstedt Gold Japanese witch hazelHamamelis intermedia 'Barmstedt Gold'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12 ft
- Pallida Japanese witch hazelHamamelis intermedia 'Pallida'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12 ft
- Rubin Japanese witch hazelHamamelis intermedia 'Rubin'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12 ft
- Onondaga sargent viburnumViburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Kohankie Red ozark witch hazelHamamelis vernalis 'Kohankie Red'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 7 to 9 ft
- Rainbow drooping laurelLeucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Monloo Japanese yewTaxus cuspidata 'Monloo'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Tandoori Orange linden viburnumViburnum dilatatum 'Tandoori Orange'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- purging buckthornRhamnus catharticaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 16 to 25 ft
- whitewashed brambleRubus biflorusZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft