Hardiness zone
Plants for zone 5
1694 garden plants suited to USDA hardiness zone 5, with bloom times, sunlight, and water needs. Pick plants that will reliably overwinter where you garden.
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How this list is made
Derived from each plant's USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 1,694 plants, 1,356 have been checked against outside sources (74 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Full sunZones 4–105 ftLow

Apeldoorn
Tulipa 'Apeldoorn'
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aphrodite
Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'
Full sunZones 5–88 ftModerate

Aphrodite Sweetshrub
Calycanthus 'Aphrodite'
Full sunZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apollo Winterberry
Ilex 'Apollo'
Full sunZones 3–811 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Appalachian Blues Skullcap
Scutellaria 'Appalachian Blues'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Appalachian Red
Cercis canadensis 'Appalachian Red'
Part sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Apple Blossom Flower Carpet Rose
Rosa 'Noamel'
Full sunZones 5–82 ftModerate

Apricot Beauty
Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apricot Coral Bells
Heuchera 'Apricot'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Apricot Delight
Achillea millefolium 'Apricot Delight'
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apricot Drift Groundcover Rose
Rosa 'Meimirrote'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip
Tulipa 'Zantubeau'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Apricot Sparkles
Hemerocallis 'Apricot Sparkles'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

April Night
Salvia nemorosa 'April Night'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow
FoliageAquavita Juniper
Juniperus virginiana 'FARROWJVBF'
Full sunZones 4–912 ftLow
FoliageArborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arctic Beauty Hardy Kiwi
Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'
Full sunZones 4–815 ftModerate

Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Farrow'
Full sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood
Cornus sericea 'SMNCSBD'
Full sunZones 2–74.5 ftModerate

Arctic Rose Azalea
Rhododendron 'Arctic Rose'
Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Arizona Apricot
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Apricot'
Full sunZones 3–91 ftLow

Arizona Sun
Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Sun'
Full sunZones 3–91 ftLow

Arkansas Bluestar
Amsonia hubrichtii
Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Arnold Promise
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Arnold Promise'
Part sunZones 5–811 ftModerate

Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Artisan Red Ombre Coneflower
Echinacea 'PAS1257973'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Asiatic Lily
Lilium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Astilbe
Astilbe
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Astolat
Delphinium 'Astolat'
Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astra Double Blue
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra Double Blue'
Full sunZones 3–810 inModerate

Astra White Balloon Flower
Platycodon grandiflorus 'Astra White'
Full sunZones 3–88 inModerate

At Last Rose
Rosa 'Horcogjil'
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Athena Gold False Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Inhelsogia'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
FoliageAugust Moon
Hosta 'August Moon'
Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aureo Marginata Hosta
Hosta 'Fortunei Aureomarginata'
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Blaze Maple
Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred'
Full sunZones 3–850 ftModerate

Autumn Bride Coral Bells
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Autumn Brilliance
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Autumn Colors
Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'
Full sunZones 3–72 ftModerate

Autumn Crocus
Colchicum
Full sunZones 4–96 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Damask Rose
Rosa damascena var. semperflorens
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
FoliageAutumn Fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Autumn Fire
Hylotelephium 'Autumn Fire'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Flowering Cherry
Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis'
Full sunZones 5–823 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Gold Narrow-Leaved Sunflower
Helianthus salicifolius 'Autumn Gold'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Autumn Inferno Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster 'Bronfire'
Full sunZones 4–75.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Joy Sedum
Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Moon Japanese Maple
Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'
Part shadeZones 5–89 ftModerate

Autumn Moor Grass
Sesleria autumnalis
Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow

Autumn Sun Coneflower
Rudbeckia nitida 'Autumn Sun'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Avalanche Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Full sunZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Avalanche Pieris
Pieris japonica 'Avalanche'
Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Avant-Garde
Rosa 'Delgramat'
Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Avant-garde Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo033'
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Avocado Hosta
Hosta 'Avocado'
Part shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Axminster Gold
Symphytum × uplandicum 'Axminster Gold'
Full sunZones 4–73 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
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