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Planting Zones by State

Pick your state to see the USDA zone for every city and town, or search your ZIP code for your zone, its winter low and your frost dates.

Zones from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, built from 1991–2020 weather. A city list is our own summary of USDA's ZIP code table, not the official map.

Planting zones by state

StateUSDA zonesMost common
Alabama7b – 9b8b
Alaska1a – 8b5a
Arizona5b – 10a9b
Arkansas7a – 8b8a
California5b – 11a9b
Colorado4a – 7a6a
Connecticut6a – 7b6b
Delaware7a – 8a7b
District of Columbia7b – 8a8a
Florida8b – 11b10a
Georgia7a – 9a8a
Hawaii10b – 13a12b
Idaho4a – 7b6b
Illinois5a – 7a6a
Indiana5b – 7a6a
Iowa4b – 6a5a
Kansas6a – 7a6b
Kentucky6b – 7b7a
Louisiana8b – 10a9a
Maine3b – 7a5a
Maryland6a – 8a7b
Massachusetts5b – 7b6b
Michigan4a – 7a6a
Minnesota3a – 5a4b
Mississippi7b – 9a8b
Missouri5b – 8a6b
Montana3b – 6b4b
Nebraska5a – 6a5b
Nevada5a – 10a9b
New Hampshire4a – 6b6a
New Jersey6b – 8a7a
New Mexico5a – 8b7b
New York4a – 7b6a
North Carolina6b – 9a8a
North Dakota3b – 4b4a
Ohio6a – 7a6b
Oklahoma6b – 8a7b
Oregon5b – 9b8b
Pennsylvania5b – 8a6b
Rhode Island6b – 7b7a
South Carolina8a – 9b8b
South Dakota4a – 5b4b
Tennessee6b – 8a7b
Texas6b – 10b8b
Utah4a – 8b6a
Vermont4a – 6a5a
Virginia6a – 8b7b
Washington6a – 9b8b
West Virginia5b – 7a7a
Wisconsin3b – 6a5b
Wyoming4a – 5b5a

Zones are from USDA's 2023 map. The most common zone is the one that covers the most ZIP codes.