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Plants for USDA Zone 5

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77 matches for Zone 5

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Ninebark shrub with burgundy arching canes, colorful leaves, and clusters of pale spring flowers

Shrubs

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Ninebark is a tough native shrub for gardeners who want color without acid-soil fuss.

USDA Zones 2-8
Mature oak tree with a broad spreading crown in a home yard

Trees

Oak Tree

Quercus spp.

Oak trees are long-lived shade trees whose mature size, species group, roots, and disease risks must fit the site.

USDA Zone 4-9
Bulbing onions growing in loose garden soil with upright green tops

Vegetables

Onion

Allium cepa

Most failed Onion crops are not a watering mystery. They are a day-length mismatch or a late start.

Grown as annual, Zones 3-10
Peach tree with fruiting branches in a home orchard

Fruits

Peach Tree

Prunus persica

Peach trees are fast-bearing backyard fruit trees, but they are not plant-and-forget trees.

Commonly Zones 5-9, cultivar dependent
Pear tree with green fruit and orchard foliage

Fruits

Pear Tree

Pyrus communis

Pear trees can be long-lived, productive backyard fruit trees when the variety, rootstock, pollination partner, sun, and pruning…

USDA Zones 4-8
Green pea vines climbing a simple garden trellis in cool spring weather

Vegetables

Peas

Pisum sativum

Peas succeed when the whole crop is built around one short cool window. Sow into workable spring soil, give the vines support…

Cool-season annual, Zones 3-10
Peony plant in bloom in a garden setting

Flowers

Peony

Paeonia spp.

Peonies are long-lived spring perennials grown for huge flowers, fragrance, and dependable clumps that can bloom for decades.

Zones 3-8, low-chill types available
Green and red pepper fruits hanging on a staked garden plant

Vegetables

Pepper

Capsicum annuum

Pepper plants are not just smaller tomatoes. They pause in cold soil, drop flowers when stress hits fruit set, and ask you to…

Warm-season annual, Zones 3-10
Close view of upright perennial ryegrass blades in a lawn.

Lawn Grasses

Perennial Ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Perennial ryegrass comes up in 5 to 10 days, which is why it is in almost every cool-season seed bag.

USDA Zones 3-8