What plants grow best in zone 5?
Some great vegetables for directly sowing into the garden in the spring are lettuce, spinach, beets, radishes, peas, onions and carrots. Both perennial asparagus and rhubarb perform well in zone 5 and return year after year. Early spring is also good for planting asparagus crowns and rhubarb. Cool season vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots, kale, peas and potatoes are often directly sown outdoors in April. It’s also a good time for planting onion sets. Depending on where you live in zone 5, mid to late May is often a good time for directly sowing corn seeds, bean seeds, melons and squash.Most zone 5 gardeners start some vegetable seeds indoors and directly sow other vegetable seeds into the garden. Tender vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, herbs and squash seeds are usually started indoors about 4-6 weeks before the last frost date for your area.
What are fast growing trees in Zone 5?
Fast Growing Shade Trees for Zone 5 Cleveland Pear, Kwanzan Cherry, Shumard Oak, Willow Oak, and Yoshino Cherry are also recommended for zone 5, but will do best planted in spring or summer to get plenty of time to establish prior to winter. The best quick growing Shade Trees for zone 5 are Maples, Poplars, Oaks, Ginkgo, American Sycamore, Dawn Redwood, Profusion Crabapple, River Birch, and Weeping Willow.