This apply to USDA Climate Zone 5a and zone 5b. In these zones the minimum temperatures are -20 to -15 degrees F (-28.9 to -26.1 degrees C) and -15 to -10 degrees F (-26.1 to -23.3 degrees C) respectively.
What plants are Cold Hardy to USDA Zone 5? What Plants Can Grow in Zone 5?
Fruit Trees that grow in zone 5:
Aronia Chokeberries
Blueberry
Chinese chestnut
Concord Grape
Encore raspberry
Harrow Delight pear
Hazelnut
Honeycrisp apple
Hican nut
LaCrescent Grape
Montmorency cherry
Nova raspberry
Pawpaw
Pink Lady apple
Prelude raspberry
Strawberry
Warren pear
Watermelon
Valiant Grape
Vegetables that can be planted March through April in USDA Zone 5 include:
Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Kale
Lettuce
Peas
Potatoes
Radish
Rhubarb
Spinach
Swiss chard
Turnips
Vegetables that can be planted from April through May in USDA Zone 5 include:
Celery
Chives
Okra
Onions
Parsnips
Vegetables that can be planted from May through June in USDA Zone 5 include:
Bush beans
Cantaloupe/Muskmelon
Cucumber/Armenian Cucumber
Eggplant
Endive
Late flat dutch cabbage
Leeks
Pepper
Pole beans
Pumpkin
Rutabaga
Summer squash
Sweet corn
Tomato
Watermelon
Winter squash
Flowers and Ornamentals that grow in zone 5:
Banana Yucca
Beaked Yucca
Black Beauty lily
Bloodgood maple
Burgundy Lace maple
Casa Blanca Lily
Common Yarrow
Crocus
Daffodil
Floating Cloud maple
Hibiscus
Nuda bamboo
Red Margin bamboo
Stargazer lily
Siberian Iris
Snowdrop
White Yarrow
Tulips
Evergreen Picea glauca Conica Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Herbs that grow in zone 5:
Agrimony
Anise hyssop
Chives
Clary sage
Comfrey
Dill
Feverfew
Garlic chives
Lovage
Marjoram
Mint
Peppermint
Purple Coneflower
Rosemary
Sorrel
Spearmint