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.
- Albescens kerriaKerria japonica 'Albescens'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- O-amacha Nishiki mountain hydrangeaHydrangea serrata 'O-amacha Nishiki'Zones 5 to 10 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- AmiDak common juniperJuniperus communis 'AmiDak'Zones 2 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Arnold Dwarf border forsythiaForsythia 'Arnold Dwarf'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Brookside Miniature Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'Brookside Miniature'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Double Take Orange Japanese quinceChaenomeles 'Double Take Orange'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Duncan slender deutziaDeutzia gracilis 'Duncan'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Dune caryopterisCaryopteris 'Dune'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun
- Enchanted Forest Collection Gay Goblin Japanese pierisPieris 'Enchanted Forest Collection Gay Goblin'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- Enchanted Forest Collection Impish Elf Japanese pierisPieris 'Enchanted Forest Collection Impish Elf'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- Enchanted Forest Collection River Run Japanese pierisPieris 'Enchanted Forest Collection River Run'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- Enchanted Forest Collection Sunsprite Japanese pierisPieris 'Enchanted Forest Collection Sunsprite'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- Expansa Aureospicata Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Expansa Aureospicata'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Fargo shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Fargo'Zones 2 to 7 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Flojor border forsythiaForsythia intermedia 'Flojor'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Golden Charm sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Charm'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Golden Pincushion sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Pincushion'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Haschberg blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Haschberg'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Jim daphneDaphne transatlantica 'Jim'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Kallay Compacta Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis 'Kallay Compacta'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Kost Yellow sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Kost Yellow'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Lemon Ice blue blossomCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Lemon Ice'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Little Renee border forsythiaForsythia 'Little Renee'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Minibleu caryopterisCaryopteris clandonensis 'Minibleu'Zones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Newzam Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Newzam'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Nocturne Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'Nocturne'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Opstal 10 Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'Opstal 10'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Pendula blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Pendula'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Peve Tijn Serbian sprucePicea omorika 'Peve Tijn'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Picta kerriaKerria japonica 'Picta'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Ralto Japanese pierisPieris japonica 'Ralto'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Raspberry Ripple rock roseHelianthemum 'Raspberry Ripple'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun
- ReeDak common juniperJuniperus communis 'ReeDak'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Regal Chub Colorado sprucePicea pungens 'Regal Chub'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Rose Carpet Chinese indigoIndigofera 'Rose Carpet'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- Shoshoni Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Shoshoni'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Silver Threads lawson's cypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Silver Threads'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Suecica Aurea common juniperJuniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Wee Willie Korean boxwoodBuxus sinica var. insularis 'Wee Willie'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Verona spindletreeEuonymus maackii 'Verona'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- Vintage Gold sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Watanabei Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Watanabei'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Weeping Magic Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Weeping Magic'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Daub common juniperJuniperus pfitzeriana 'Daub'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Mondap common juniperJuniperus communis 'Mondap'Zones 2 to 9 · Full sun
- Sterile American cranberrybushViburnum opulus 'Sterile'Zones 2 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Baby Blue sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Cedar Rapids sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Cedar Rapids'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Concesarini American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Concesarini'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Haywire lawson's cypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Haywire'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- Pinpoint Gold lawson's cypressChamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pinpoint Gold'Zones 5 to 8 · Full sun
- SMTOBM3 American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'SMTOBM3'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade
- Stiff Weeping Japanese larchLarix kaempferi 'Stiff Weeping'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Anna H. Hall rhododendronRhododendron 'Anna H. Hall'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Azurro rhododendronRhododendron 'Azurro'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Cecile rhododendronRhododendron 'Cecile'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 5 to 8 ft
- Dark Sister rhododendronRhododendron 'Dark Sister'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Delaware Valley White rhododendronRhododendron 'Delaware Valley White'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Everest rhododendronRhododendron 'Everest'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Firestorm rhododendronRhododendron 'Firestorm'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft