USDA Hardiness Zone 5
USDA Zone 5
Fruit bushes, berry plants and trees rated for zone 5, where the coldest night of the year averages -20°F to -10°F.
- -20°F to -10°Faverage coldest night
- 73plants for this zone
- 5a and 5bthe two half zones
Isaac Miles Farmstead, West Branch, Iowa. Photo: National Park Service
Plants for zone 5
- Zone 5a, -20°F to -15°F
- Zone 5b, -15°F to -10°F
This is not the official USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. We drew it from the 2023 USDA and Oregon State University zone data and smoothed it to fit the page. Look up your exact zone by ZIP code on the USDA map.
About zone 5
- Coldest night of the year
- -20°F to -10°F on average
- Where it is
- Nearly all of Iowa and Nebraska, most of Wyoming and Vermont, about half of Colorado, Maine and New Hampshire, and big parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, South Dakota and upstate New York.
- Cities and towns in zone 5
- Minneapolis, Des Moines, Madison, Green Bay, Sioux Falls, Duluth, Burlington, Billings, Cheyenne and Anchorage.
- In our nursery
- 73 plants rated for zone 5 winters
A zone only tells you how cold winter gets. It says nothing about summer heat, rain, soil or frost dates, so check each plant's page for the rest.