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.
Showing 1,441 to 1,500 of 1,694 plants
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.

Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
FoliageSilver Scrolls
Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Sir Winston Churchill
Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Six Hills Giant
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

Sixteen Candles
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
FoliageSkyrocket Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
Full sunZones 3–916 ftLow

Slender Deutzia
Deutzia gracilis
Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate
FoliageSlender Hinoki Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate

Smokebush
Cotinus coggygria
Full sunZones 4–810 ftLow

Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs

Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate

Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Snow Bunting
Crocus chrysanthus 'Snow Bunting'
Full sunZones 3–84 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snow Candles
Veronica 'Snow Candles'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Snow Flurry
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Snow Fountains
Prunus 'Snofozam'
Full sunZones 5–813 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snow Hill
Salvia × sylvestris 'Schneehügel'
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow

Snow Lady
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Snow Lady'
Full sunZones 5–912 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snow White
Monarda 'Schneewittchen'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Snow White Sensation
Philadelphus 'Snow White Sensation'
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate

Snow-in-Summer
Cerastium tomentosum
Full sunZones 3–76 inLow

Snowbelle
Philadelphus 'Snowbelle'
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate

Snowcap
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Snowcap'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowcicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowcicle'
Part sunZones 5–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowdrift
Malus 'Snowdrift'
Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowdrop
Galanthus
Part shadeZones 3–75 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowflake
Leucojum
Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowflake
Nepeta racemosa 'Snowflake'
Full sunZones 3–812 inLow

Snowflake
Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Snowmound
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate

Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh

Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs

Sombrero Adobe Orange
Echinacea 'Sombrero Adobe Orange'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sombrero Hot Coral
Echinacea 'Sombrero Hot Coral'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sombrero Lemon Yellow
Echinacea 'Sombrero Lemon Yellow'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sombrero Salsa Red
Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa Red'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow

Sonic Bloom Pink
Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Pink'
Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Sonic Bloom Red
Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Red'
Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageSpartan Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan'
Full sunZones 4–915 ftLow

Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate

Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spilled Wine
Weigela florida 'Spilled Wine'
Full sunZones 4–82 ftModerate

Spirea
Spiraea
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Splendid Cornelia
Hyacinthus 'Splendid Cornelia'
Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate

Spring Beauty
Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty'
Full sunZones 2–87 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spring Green
Tulipa 'Spring Green'
Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spring Snowflake
Leucojum vernum
Part sunZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Sprite
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'
Part shadeZones 3–812 inHigh

St. Tropez
Rosa 'Orasyda'
Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Stafford Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Stafford'
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow

Stanwell Perpetual
Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'
Full sunZones 4–104 ftModerate

Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata
Full sunZones 4–816 ftModerate

Star of Bethlehem
Ornithogalum
Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Star of Persia
Allium cristophii
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Starfire
Phlox paniculata 'Starfire'
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
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