paghat wrote:
[snip] There may be additional things like semi-dwarf plums, vine
maples, particularly hardy Japanese maple cultivars, for which zone 5
is the low-end stretch, but as you're planting near the house they
would be quite protected & have some risidual warmth from the house.


-paghat the ratgirl



If you like Japanese maples but live too far north for them, look at the
Korean maples; they are basicly the same thing but are more cold hardy.

Best regards,
Bob, in zone 4