Bluebonnets in the Texas Hill Country, near Burnet

USDA Hardiness Zone 8

USDA Zone 8

Fruit bushes, berry plants and trees rated for zone 8, where the coldest night of the year averages 10°F to 20°F.

  • 10°F to 20°Faverage coldest night
  • 56plants for this zone
  • 8a and 8bthe two half zones

Bluebonnets in the Texas Hill Country, near Burnet. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress

Plants for zone 8

Map of the United States with USDA zone 8 shaded
  • Zone 8a, 10°F to 15°F
  • Zone 8b, 15°F to 20°F

This is not the official USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. We drew it from the 2023 USDA and Oregon State University zone data and smoothed it to fit the page. Look up your exact zone by ZIP code on the USDA map.

About zone 8

Coldest night of the year
10°F to 20°F on average
Where it is
Most of South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia, more than half of Texas, and the lowlands of western Oregon and Washington.
Cities and towns in zone 8
Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Birmingham, Memphis, Little Rock, Dallas and Washington, D.C.
In our nursery
56 plants rated for zone 8 winters

A zone only tells you how cold winter gets. It says nothing about summer heat, rain, soil or frost dates, so check each plant's page for the rest.