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Most form of evergreen azaleas can not grow in a zone cold than USDA zone 5 . cultivar of the evergreen plant azaleas Girard ’s Fuchsia and Martha Crimson , blossom during April and May and growing to manageable sizes between 3 and 4 feet mellow . Another azalea cultivar , White Cascade , has white May blooms and work well in radical , as a specimen flora or in woodland gardens , since it manage shady sites . Atlanta is a cultivar of the woolly mullein azalea for zone 5 known for its vibrant violet - ruddy flower and unripe leaves .

Hollies

The Ilex genus hold in many types of holly that are evergreen and grow under the conditions dictated by USDA zone 5 ’s climate . One is American holly , a tree with several cultivar forms that are either small , such as Maryland Dwarf , or large bush , like Williams Hawkins . The former grows to 3 foot , but the latter can be 15 feet in high spirits . Blue Princess is a distaff form of a holly hybrid called blue holly , featuring blue - green leaf attached to purple stems , giving the plant plenty of winter coloring material when combined with its red berries . Compacta is a distaff inkberry shrub , growing to 4 feet and useful for landscape in pie-eyed arena .

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Cypress

In its native Japan , a hinoki cypress may grow to 75 feet , but the cultivar of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in shrub form , like Hage , may be as tiny as 18 inches . This makes them suitable as bonsai specimens or appropriate USDA zone 5 for rock garden . Nana Gracilis is a cultivar to 8 feet feature dark green needle . The Nipponese falsecypress is a slow - arise evergreen plant shrub ; the Lemon Thread cultivar have as long as 20 years to spring up to 5 feet high . This type has bright yellow acerate leaf and orangish - red barque .

Hemlock

Shady USDA zona 5 blot support the growth of the Canadian hemlock shrub derived from the much larger parent tree . Brandley grows from 30 to 36 in marvelous and features the same monotone evergreen plant needles . Brandley stay on minor enough to be a rock garden shrub , but cultivar such as Bennett , to 5 feet high , sour in bush borderline and in mass plantings . Geneva , Jervis and Jeddeloh are other cultivars of this evergreen . Jeddeloh has the alternate name Bird ’s Nest Hemlock from the small imprint that often develops in its centre .

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