USDA Hardiness Zone 9
USDA Zone 9
Fruit bushes, berry plants and trees rated for zone 9, where the coldest night of the year averages 20°F to 30°F.
- 20°F to 30°Faverage coldest night
- 27plants for this zone
- 9a and 9bthe two half zones
Valencia orange grove, Sebring, Florida. Photo: Mmacbeth, Wikimedia Commons
- Zone 9a, 20°F to 25°F
- Zone 9b, 25°F to 30°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 9
- Coldest night of the year
- 20°F to 30°F on average
- Where it is
- About two thirds of Louisiana, most of Florida, half of California, a third of Arizona and Georgia, and more than a quarter of Texas.
- Cities and towns in zone 9
- Houston, New Orleans, Austin, San Antonio, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Sacramento, Fresno, Portland (Oregon) and Seattle.
- In our nursery
- 27 plants rated for zone 9 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.
