Before shopping for plants based on your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone, please read our in-depth article about Plant Hardiness Zone Maps to understand their uses and their limitations.
Use the official USDA Hardiness Zone Map to determine your zone by zip code.
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Baptisia 'White Gold'
Item #: 11852
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Epimedium 'Lyrical Lemonade'
Item #: 16678
Zones: 5a to 8b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Sold outLycoris x jinzheniae 'Creamsickle'
Item #: 12058
Zones: 4a to 7b, probably colder
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outTricyrtis 'Momoe'
Item #: 5775
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outTricyrtis perfoliata
Item #: 6929
Zones: 5a to 7a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Phlox subulata 'Nettleton's Variation'
Item #: 2940
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Helleborus x hybridus Winter Delights Purple
Item #: 8211
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sarracenia 'Ritchie Bell'
Item #: 9886
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sarracenia 'Blood Orange'
Item #: 11386
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sarracenia 'Redbug'
Item #: 5754
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Solidago sp. nov. 'Montana Minnie'
Item #: 15762
Zones: 4a to 8a, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dryopteris cambrensis
Item #: 2108
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outParthenocissus quinquefolia 'Monham'
Item #: 13446
Zones: 3a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 600" tall
Culture: Sun to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $24.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Azure Gem'
Item #: 13303
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 7" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Miss America' PP 32,068
Item #: 16522
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 19" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outTrillium sulcatum
Item #: 9205
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $39.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Blephilia ciliata
Item #: 17371
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'
Item #: 4471
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Helleborus x ballardiae 'Maestro' PP 23,859
Item #: 11948
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Little Redneck'
Item #: 9534
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sarracenia 'Dutch Stevens'
Item #: 14836
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Lycoris x flaveri 'Orange Glow'
Item #: 18389
Zones: 4a to 7b, guessing
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Pachysandra procumbens 'Jackson'
Item #: 16627
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outPenstemon ovatus
Item #: 11361
Zones: 4a to 8a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Canada, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Plants for Zone 5
Zone 5a and Zone 5b Plants
Many of the perennial plants in our catalog are well-suited for Zones 5a or 5b. Some of our favorite species of achillea, agastache, ajuga, arum, aster, athyrium, baptisia, buddleia, carex, chrysanthemum, clematis, cylcamen, cypripedium, delosperma, dianthus, echinacea, epimedium, helleborus, heuchera, hibiscus, hosta, iris, lycoris, monarda, paeonia, panicum, polygonatum, sarracenia, sedum, and more can survive Zone 5 winter temperatures. Be sure to read how we assign hardiness zones to our plants.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones. Each zone is then subdivided into 5-degree F sub-zones. Zone numbers increase as you move from north to south.
Zone 5a annual minimum winter temperatures should be -20 to -15 °F (-28.9 to -26.1 °C). Zone 5b annual minimum temperatures should be -15 to -10 °F (-26.1 to -23.3 °C). Keep in mind that the zone designation does not tell you how many days the area may reach those average minimums. There can also be a major difference between what plants will grow in the 'a' or 'b' sub-zones.