Hardiness Zone 5 - Landscaping Ideas

Landscaping ideas for USDA hardiness zone 5 with winter lows of -20F to -10F. Browse popular plants and designs for this common Midwest and Northeast zone.

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  pond before & after 2006-2011

  by Sam(Sandy)

  pond in 2006 and after it was dug out,cleaned up,and stocked.We live in the c...

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  City Tranquility

  by GardenView Design

  This was a project for an urban garden in a busy section of Dedham, MA, a tow...

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  forclosed yard

  by matttysonrupp

  has three car garage and drive way in front whole yard is perfectly flat, fro...

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  front yard

  by Pamela Jean Hansen

  I have about 3 feet from the foundation of my house out into the yard that ha...

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  My Garden

  by Randy

  Winter has almost ended, the seeds are being planted, my tools are ready to g...

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  Central Ave

  by BTower11

  New house, yard is overgrown to the left of the porch and boring everywhere e...

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  Zen Garden

  by Sam(Sandy)

  This is my attempt at a zen garden.It is locacted on 7 acres in the country.I...

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  Centennial Farmhouse Backyard

  by sunflwrgurly

  The carriage hou se was decayed and removed in order to replace it with a new...

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  My Sanctuary

  by Diana Woo

  My yard is just the right size, with a flower garden, a vegetable garden and ...

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  Jim's Place

  by jim49631

  330ft x 330ft slope on north side and then flat, one pole barn 24ft x 32ft an...

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  Northern IL Beauty

  by Tree and Timber

  These are 2 projects we completed in the rcent past and are very proud of the...

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  Perennial strolling garden

  by Susie Fitzgerald Fox

  Perennials.....

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  Host Gardens

  by FoodShedProductions

  Spring 2012 - Preparing Transplants for the Host Gardens and future clients o...

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  needs help

  by Rob Rice

  If anyone could help with ideas on my yard it would be appreciated. the big m...

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  Hand-me-down flowers

  by mmmyt3kds

  These are some pictures of the flowers my my garden. All of my flowers came ...

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  summer project

  by vanthonyc

  front house

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  Home

  by Desormeaux Susan

  Bird Girl in the snow

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  Centennial Farmhouse Project

  by sunflwrgurly

  The home is located in a historic district and only 15 feet deep from the sid...

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  Back Yard

  by mrspianomanb

  This yard also needs a little redoing.

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  Backyard

  by Twoonie

  At the back of the house, it stretches up the Niagara Escarpment at a steep a...

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