Shade plants for Zone 5 gardening
This is a full list of shade plants that will survive a Zone 5 hardiness gardening zone. Each plant contains two links providing growing information, watering needs, flower color, and when it blooms. Enjoy our photos.
Additional Shade plants based on the gardening zone.
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Polystichum setiferum
Item #3649
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Hosta plantaginea ‘Aphrodite’
Item #3698
Fragrant
Potentilla ‘Arc En Ciel’
Item #1948
Summer Flowering
Hosta fortunei ‘Aurea Marginata’
Item #0692
Shade Loving
Alchemilla mollis ‘Auslese’
Item #0201
Shade Loving
Dryopteris erythrosora
Item #3624
Shade Loving
Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’
Item #2489
Summer Flowering
Hydrangea serrata ‘Beni Gaku’
Item #4234
Summer Flowering
Cimicifuga ramosa ‘Black Negligee’
Item #3951
Woodland Garden
Tiarella x ‘Black Velvet’ P.P.# 12348
Item #7308
Dramatic Foliage Color
Dicentra spectabilis
Item #0484
Native Plant
Vinca minor ‘Bowles’
Item #7613
Cottage Garden Plant
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Bridal Veil’
Item #0159
Showy Flowers
Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’
Item #2122
Dramatic Foliage Color
Cimicifuga ramosa ‘Brunette’
Item #0430
Woodland Garden
Athyrium niponicum ‘Burgundy Lace’ P.P.# 15072
Item #2206
Dramatic Foliage Color
Cameo Series Blue & White Columbine
Aquilegia flabellata ‘Cameo Series Blue & White’
Item #0272
Compact Habit
Cameo Series Rose & White Columbine
Aquilegia flabellata ‘Cameo Series Rose & White’
Item #0081
Cottage Garden Plant
Calycanthus floridus
Item #1451
Fragrant
Item #1676
Dramatic Foliage Color
Corydalis flexuosa ‘China Blue’
Item #2817
Showy Flowers
Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’
Item #0352
Deer Resistant
Hosta x ‘Christmas Tree’
Item #2510
Shade Loving
Osmunda cinnamomea
Item #3641
Water Garden
Athyrium filix femina ‘Cristatum’
Item #3610
Shade Loving
Blechnum spicant
Item #2812
Shade Loving
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Deutschland’
Hosta ‘Diamond Tiara’
Item #3253
Shade Loving
Dryopteris x australis
Item #2123
Woodland Garden
Rosa x ‘Radtko’ P.P.# 16202
Item #3090
Improved Disease Resistance
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’
Item #4183
Shade Loving
Endless Summer® Blushing Bride Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Blushing Bride’ P.P.# 17169
Item #3502
Repeat Blooming
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Bailmer’ P.P. 15298
Item #1731
Repeat Blooming
Hosta x ‘Eola Sapphire’
Item #4147
Shade Loving
Astilbe japonica ‘Europa’
Item #0164
Spring Flowering
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Fanal’
Item #0350
Shade Loving
Rodgersia aesculifolia
Item #6957
Woodland Garden
Item #1749
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Rodgersia ‘Fireworks’
Item #3223
Woodland Garden
Hosta tokudama ‘Flavocircinalis’
Item #1630
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Francee’
Item #4169
Shade Loving
Frances Williams Plantain Lily
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’
Item #4223
Shade Loving
Hosta ‘Frosted Jade’
Item #4395
Dramatic Foliage Color
Athyrium ‘Ghost’
Item #1876
Woodland Garden
Liriope gigantea
Item #5883
Shade Loving
Heuchera ‘Ginger Ale’ P.P.# 18173
Item #2223
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x ‘Ginko Craig’
Item #4153
Shade Loving
Carex dolichostachya ‘Kaga Nishiki’
Item #3593
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’
Item #3562
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta fortunei ‘Gold Standard’
Item #4179
Shade Loving
Kerria japonica ‘Golden Guinea’
Hosta x ‘Golden Prayers’
Item #4177
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Golden Tiara’
Item #4208
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Great Expectations Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Great Expectations’
Item #1991
Dramatic Foliage Color
Vinca minor ‘Green Carpet’
Item #7606
Cottage Garden Plant
Pachysandra terminalis ‘Green Sheen’
Item #6335
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Guacamole’
Item #1752
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Hosta x ‘Hadspen Blue’
Item #3189
Shade Loving
Hosta x tardiana ‘Halcyon’
Item #4187
Shade Loving
Heucherella ‘Heart of Darkness’ P.P.# 14489
Item #2108
Dramatic Foliage Color
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’
Item #0163
Dwarf Habit
Pulmonaria ‘High Contrast’ P.P.# 12337
Item #4403
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x plantaginea ‘Honeybells’
Item #0713
Shade Loving
Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
Item #2419
Fall Flowering
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Inshriach Pink’
Item #0348
Shade Loving
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Walhelivor’ P.P.# 16199
Item #3999
Shade Loving
Azalea x ‘Karen’
Item #0181
Spring Flowering
NEW PLANT
Dicentra x ‘King of Hearts’
Item #0481
Woodland Garden
Hosta x ‘Krossa Regal’
Item #4182
Shade Loving
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady In Red’
Item #1924
Dramatic Foliage Color
Convallaria majalis
Item #2789
Showy Flowers
Doronicum orientale ‘Little Leo’
Dryopteris celsa
Item #0504
Woodland Garden
Luxuriant Fringed Bleeding Heart
Dicentra x ‘Luxuriant’ P.P.# 3324
Item #3161
Easy Care Plant
Astilbe chinensis ‘Maggie Daley’
NEW PLANT
Mardi Gras Bicolor Mix Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Bicolor Mix’
Item #5772
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Mardi Gras Black Shades Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Black Shades’
Item #5698
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Mardi Gras Red Shades Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Red Shades’
Item #5699
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Mardi GrasYellow Shades Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Yellow Shades’
Item #5773
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Geranium phaeum ‘Margaret Wilson’
Item #4404
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Minuteman’
Item #0698
Summer Flowering
NEW PLANT
Hydrangea anomala petiolaris ‘Mirranda’
Item #3501
Year-round Interest
Astilbe japonica ‘Montgomery’
Item #0167
Deer Resistant
NEW PLANT
Alchemilla alpina
Item #4868
Rock Garden Plant
Tiarella x ‘Neon Lights’ P.P.# 13289
Item #2559
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Night Before Christmas’
Item #4165
Shade Loving
Northern Lights Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia caespitosa ‘Northern Lights’
Item #0539
Dramatic Foliage Color
Olive Bailey Langdon Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Olive Bailey Langdon’
Item #2839
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Orange Marmalade Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’
Item #3548
Dramatic Foliage Color
Orchid Frost Spotted Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum ‘Orchid Frost’ P.P.# 11122
Item #0908
Shade Loving
Athyrium niponicum ‘Pewter Lace’ P.P. # 15721
Item #4454
Shade Loving
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pia’
Item #4207
Summer Flowering
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pink Lady’
Tiarella x ‘Pink Skyrocket’ P.P.# 13382
Item #3558
Woodland Garden
Tiarella x ‘Pirate’s Patch’ P.P.# 14907
Item #3659
Prolific Flowering
Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’ P.P.# 15890
Item #2490
Dramatic Foliage Color
Pulmonaria longifolia ‘Raspberry Splash’ P.P.# 12138
Item #1106
Shade Loving
Red Baron Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Red Baron’
Item #1761
Groundcover
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Red Lady’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Red Sentinel’
Item #0168
Woodland Garden
NEW PLANT
Regal Red Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium niponicum ‘Regal Red’
Item #2204
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Regal Splendor’
Item #0701
Shade Loving
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Rheinland’
Dryopteris felix-mas ‘Undulata Robusta’
Item #0506
Shade Loving
Dryopteris felix-mas ‘Robusta’
Item #3626
Shade Loving
Royal Heritage™ Strain Lenten Rose
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Royal Heritage Strain’
Item #3998
Shade Loving
Hosta x plantaginea ‘Royal Standard’
Item #4173
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Zeblid’ P.P.# 5195
Item #4438
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x ‘Serendipity’
Item #4184
Shade Loving
Microbiota decussata (UBC Clone)
Item #6161
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Pulmonaria ‘Silver Bouquet’ P.P.# 20059
Cheilanthes argentea
Item #3178
Easy Care Plant
Helleborus argutifolius ‘Silver Lace’
Item #3545
Winter Flowering
Heuchera x ‘Silver Scrolls’ P.P.# 12066
Item #2012
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x ‘Sitting Pretty’
Item #4152
Dwarf Habit
Rhododendron x ‘Sneezy’ (H-2)
Item #1019
Spring Flowering
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Sprite’
Item #0353
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Hosta x ‘Stained Glass’
Item #4467
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Tiarella x ‘Sugar & Spice’ P.P.# 16738
Item #4756
Prolific Flowering
Hosta x ‘Sum & Substance’
Item #8397
Shade Loving
Vinca minor ‘Sunny Skies’ P.P.# 13466
Item #3692
Dramatic Foliage Color
Galium odoratum
Item #2383
Groundcover
Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountain’ P.P.# 13047
Item #3561
Showy Flowers
Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’
Item #1837
Groundcover
Vinca minor ‘Variegata’
Item #7614
Deer Resistant
Polemonium ‘Brise d’Anjou’ P.P.# 9781
Item #6536
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Sagae’
Item #4186
Shade Loving
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Variegata’
Item #1365
Groundcover
Polygonatum falcatum ‘Variegatum’
Item #1516
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Very Berry Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Very Berry’
Item #3778
Groundcover
Hosta x ‘Whirlwind’
Item #2184
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘White Sensation’ P.P.# 18462
Item #3739
Spring Flowering
Hosta x ‘Wide Brim’
Item #4185
Shade Loving
Item #7608
Cottage Garden Plant
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglut’
Item #2202
Year-round Interest
