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.
- Bangle broomGenista lydia 'Bangle'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Black Beauty black elderberrySambucus nigra 'Black Beauty'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 15 ft
- Black Lace blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Black Lace'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Hachfee blue hollyIlex meserveae 'Hachfee'Zones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10 ft
- Happy Face Hearts shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Happy Face Hearts'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Happy Face White shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Happy Face White'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Happy Face Yellow shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Happy Face Yellow'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Instant Karma blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Instant Karma'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Jason caryopterisCaryopteris incana 'Jason'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Lemony Lace red elderberrySambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Magicien deutziaDeutzia 'Magicien'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Mariesii Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 12 ft
- Nanum American cranberrybushViburnum opulus 'Nanum'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Ron Williams alder buckthornFrangula alnus 'Ron Williams'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Tor white meadowsweetSpiraea betulifolia 'Tor'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Wabi-Sabi Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Wabi-Sabi'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Fiesta border forsythiaForsythia 'Fiesta'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Happy Centennial border forsythiaForsythia 'Happy Centennial'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Kolgold border forsythiaForsythia intermedia 'Kolgold'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Meadowlark border forsythiaForsythia 'Meadowlark'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 7 to 10 ft
- Pinpoint Blue & Gold lawson's cypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pinpoint Blue & Gold'Zones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Pinpoint Blue lawson's cypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pinpoint Blue'Zones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Shasta Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Shasta'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Show Off border forsythiaForsythia intermedia 'Show Off'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Soft Serve Gold sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve Gold'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Soft Serve sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Ben Sarek black currantRibes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Fragrant Star rhododendronRhododendron 'Fragrant Star'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Golden Lights rhododendronRhododendron 'Golden Lights'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Mary Fleming rhododendronRhododendron 'Mary Fleming'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mount Saint Helens rhododendronRhododendron 'Mount Saint Helens'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- My Mary rhododendronRhododendron 'My Mary'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Hinnonmäki Röd canyon gooseberryRibes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmäki Röd'Zones 4 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- Cayuga fragrant snowballViburnum carlcephalum 'Cayuga'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- Andrewsii scotch roseRosa spinosissima 'Andrewsii'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Pragensis judd viburnumViburnum 'Pragensis'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- lilacSyringa pubescens subsp. patulaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Flore Pleno dyer's broomGenista tinctoria 'Flore Pleno'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- Latifolia Maculata common boxBuxus sempervirens 'Latifolia Maculata'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Paisley Pup drooping laurelLeucothoe fontanesiana 'Paisley Pup'Zones 4 to 6 · Part to full shade
- Red Zeppelin eastern sweetshrubCalycanthus floridus 'Red Zeppelin'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Rollissonii drooping laurelLeucothoe fontanesiana 'Rollissonii'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Royal Gold dyer's broomGenista tinctoria 'Royal Gold'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- Alba tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tatarica 'Alba'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- Alpin Star Korean firAbies koreana 'Alpin Star'Zones 5 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Arnold Giant border forsythiaForsythia intermedia 'Arnold Giant'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 10 ft
- Asplenifolia alder buckthornFrangula alnus 'Asplenifolia'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 ft
- Beatrix Farrand border forsythiaForsythia intermedia 'Beatrix Farrand'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Black Tower blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Black Tower'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Blaue Hexe noble firAbies procera 'Blaue Hexe'Zones 5 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Blauer Splatz caryopterisCaryopteris clandonensis 'Blauer Splatz'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Blue Myth caryopterisCaryopteris incana 'Blue Myth'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Stripe common juniperJuniperus communis 'Blue Stripe'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Border Gem border forsythiaForsythia viridissima 'Border Gem'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Carillon Japanese snowbellStyrax japonicus 'Carillon'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- Columnaris alder buckthornFrangula alnus 'Columnaris'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15 ft
- Coral Sea Japanese quinceChaenomeles superba 'Coral Sea'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Coronation Triumph shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Coronation Triumph'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Council Fire possumhawIlex decidua 'Council Fire'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12 ft
- Courdijau border forsythiaForsythia intermedia 'Courdijau'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft