Planting zones by state

Arkansas Planting Zones

Arkansas runs from zone 7a to zone 8b on the 2023 USDA map. Zone 8a is the most common, covering 54% of the state's ZIP codes. Little Rock is 8a, Fort Smith is 8a and Fayetteville is 7a.

Zones across Arkansas

ZoneAverage coldest nightShare of Arkansas ZIP codes
7a0 to 5°F11%
7b5 to 10°F23%
8a10 to 15°F54%
8b15 to 20°F13%

Planting zone for every city and town in Arkansas

Each Arkansas town uses the ZIP code at its center. Big towns can cross into the next half-zone, so look up your own ZIP if you're near a line.

CityZoneAverage coldest night
Adona8a10 to 15°F
Alexander8a10 to 15°F
Alicia8a10 to 15°F
Allport8b15 to 20°F
Alma8a10 to 15°F
Almyra8b15 to 20°F
Alpena7b5 to 10°F
Altheimer8b15 to 20°F
Altus8a10 to 15°F
Amagon8a10 to 15°F
Amity8a10 to 15°F
Anthonyville8a10 to 15°F
Antoine8a10 to 15°F
Arkansas City8b15 to 20°F
Ash Flat7a0 to 5°F
Ashdown8b15 to 20°F
Atkins8a10 to 15°F
Aubrey8a10 to 15°F
Augusta8a10 to 15°F
Austin8a10 to 15°F
Avoca7a0 to 5°F
Bald Knob8a10 to 15°F
Banks8a10 to 15°F
Barling8a10 to 15°F
Bassett8a10 to 15°F
Batesville7b5 to 10°F
Bauxite8a10 to 15°F
Bay8a10 to 15°F
Bearden8a10 to 15°F
Beaver7a0 to 5°F
Beebe8a10 to 15°F
Beedeville8a10 to 15°F
Bella Vista7a0 to 5°F
Bellefonte7b5 to 10°F
Belleville8a10 to 15°F
Ben Lomond8a10 to 15°F
Benton8a10 to 15°F
Bentonville7a0 to 5°F
Bergman7b5 to 10°F
Berryville7a0 to 5°F
Big Flat7b5 to 10°F
Bigelow8a10 to 15°F
Biggers7b5 to 10°F
Birdsong8a10 to 15°F
Black Oak8a10 to 15°F
Black Rock7b5 to 10°F
Black Springs8a10 to 15°F
Blevins8a10 to 15°F
Blue Eye7a0 to 5°F
Bluff City8a10 to 15°F
Blytheville8a10 to 15°F
Bodcaw8a10 to 15°F
Bonanza8a10 to 15°F
Bono8a10 to 15°F
Booneville8a10 to 15°F
Bradford8a10 to 15°F
Bradley8b15 to 20°F
Branch8a10 to 15°F
Briarcliff7a0 to 5°F
Brinkley8a10 to 15°F
Brookland8a10 to 15°F
Bryant8a10 to 15°F
Buckner8b15 to 20°F
Bull Shoals7b5 to 10°F
Cabot8a10 to 15°F
Caldwell8a10 to 15°F
Cale8a10 to 15°F
Calico Rock7b5 to 10°F
Calion8b15 to 20°F
Camden8a10 to 15°F
Cammack Village8a10 to 15°F
Campbell Station8a10 to 15°F
Caraway8a10 to 15°F
Carlisle8a10 to 15°F
Carthage8a10 to 15°F
Casa8a10 to 15°F
Cash8a10 to 15°F
Caulksville8a10 to 15°F
Cave City7b5 to 10°F
Cave Springs7a0 to 5°F
Cedarville7b5 to 10°F
Centerton7a0 to 5°F
Central City8a10 to 15°F
Charleston8a10 to 15°F
Cherokee Village7b5 to 10°F
Cherry Valley8a10 to 15°F
Chester7b5 to 10°F
Chidester8a10 to 15°F
Clarendon8a10 to 15°F
Clarkedale8a10 to 15°F
Clarksville8a10 to 15°F
Clinton7b5 to 10°F
Coal Hill8a10 to 15°F
Colt8a10 to 15°F
Concord7b5 to 10°F
Corinth8a10 to 15°F
Corning7b5 to 10°F
Cotter7b5 to 10°F
Cotton Plant8a10 to 15°F
Cove8a10 to 15°F
Coy8a10 to 15°F
Crawfordsville8a10 to 15°F
Crossett8b15 to 20°F
Cushman7b5 to 10°F
Daisy8a10 to 15°F
Damascus8a10 to 15°F
Danville8a10 to 15°F
Dardanelle8a10 to 15°F
Datto7b5 to 10°F
De Queen8a10 to 15°F
De Valls Bluff8a10 to 15°F
Decatur7a0 to 5°F
Delaplaine7b5 to 10°F
Delight8a10 to 15°F
Dell8a10 to 15°F
Denning8a10 to 15°F
Dermott8b15 to 20°F
Des Arc8a10 to 15°F
DeWitt8b15 to 20°F
Diamond City7a0 to 5°F
Diaz8a10 to 15°F
Dierks8a10 to 15°F
Donaldson8a10 to 15°F
Dover8a10 to 15°F
Dumas8b15 to 20°F
Dyer8a10 to 15°F
Dyess8a10 to 15°F
Earle8a10 to 15°F
East Camden8a10 to 15°F
Edmondson8a10 to 15°F
Egypt8a10 to 15°F
El Dorado8b15 to 20°F
Elaine8b15 to 20°F
Elkins7a0 to 5°F
Elm Springs7a0 to 5°F
Emerson8b15 to 20°F
Emmet8a10 to 15°F
England8a10 to 15°F
Enola8a10 to 15°F
Etowah8a10 to 15°F
Eudora8b15 to 20°F
Eureka Springs7a0 to 5°F
Evening Shade7a0 to 5°F
Everton7b5 to 10°F
Fairfield Bay7b5 to 10°F
Fargo8a10 to 15°F
Farmington7a0 to 5°F
Fayetteville7a0 to 5°F
Felsenthal8b15 to 20°F
Fifty-Six7b5 to 10°F
Fisher8a10 to 15°F
Flippin7a0 to 5°F
Fordyce8a10 to 15°F
Foreman8a10 to 15°F
Forrest City8a10 to 15°F
Fort Smith8a10 to 15°F
Fouke8b15 to 20°F
Fountain Hill8b15 to 20°F
Fountain Lake8a10 to 15°F
Fourche8a10 to 15°F
Franklin7a0 to 5°F
Fredonia (Biscoe)8a10 to 15°F
Friendship8a10 to 15°F
Fulton8b15 to 20°F
Garfield7a0 to 5°F
Garland8b15 to 20°F
Garner8a10 to 15°F
Gassville7b5 to 10°F
Gateway7a0 to 5°F
Gentry7a0 to 5°F
Georgetown8a10 to 15°F
Gilbert7a0 to 5°F
Gillett8b15 to 20°F
Gillham8a10 to 15°F
Gilmore8a10 to 15°F
Glenwood8a10 to 15°F
Goshen7a0 to 5°F
Gosnell8a10 to 15°F
Gould8b15 to 20°F
Grady8b15 to 20°F
Grannis8a10 to 15°F
Gravette7a0 to 5°F
Green Forest7a0 to 5°F
Greenbrier8a10 to 15°F
Greenland7b5 to 10°F
Greenway7b5 to 10°F
Greenwood8a10 to 15°F
Greers Ferry7b5 to 10°F
Griffithville8a10 to 15°F
Grubbs8a10 to 15°F
Guion7b5 to 10°F
Gum Springs8a10 to 15°F
Gurdon8a10 to 15°F
Guy8a10 to 15°F
Hackett7b5 to 10°F
Hamburg8b15 to 20°F
Hampton8a10 to 15°F
Hardy7b5 to 10°F
Harrell8a10 to 15°F
Harrisburg8a10 to 15°F
Harrison7b5 to 10°F
Hartford7b5 to 10°F
Hartman8a10 to 15°F
Haskell8a10 to 15°F
Hatfield7b5 to 10°F
Havana8a10 to 15°F
Haynes8a10 to 15°F
Hazen8a10 to 15°F
Heber Springs7b5 to 10°F
Hector7b5 to 10°F
Helena-West Helena8a10 to 15°F
Hermitage8b15 to 20°F
Hickory Ridge8a10 to 15°F
Higden7b5 to 10°F
Higginson8a10 to 15°F
Highfill7a0 to 5°F
Highland7b5 to 10°F
Hindsville7a0 to 5°F
Holiday Island7a0 to 5°F
Holland8a10 to 15°F
Holly Grove8b15 to 20°F
Hope8a10 to 15°F
Horatio8a10 to 15°F
Horseshoe Bend7a0 to 5°F
Horseshoe Lake8a10 to 15°F
Hot Springs8a10 to 15°F
Houston8a10 to 15°F
Hoxie8a10 to 15°F
Hughes8a10 to 15°F
Humnoke8b15 to 20°F
Humphrey8b15 to 20°F
Hunter8a10 to 15°F
Huntington7b5 to 10°F
Huntsville7a0 to 5°F
Huttig8b15 to 20°F
Imboden7b5 to 10°F
Jacksonport8a10 to 15°F
Jacksonville8a10 to 15°F
Jasper7b5 to 10°F
Jennette8a10 to 15°F
Jericho8a10 to 15°F
Johnson7a0 to 5°F
Joiner8a10 to 15°F
Jonesboro7b5 to 10°F
Judsonia8a10 to 15°F
Junction City8b15 to 20°F
Keiser8a10 to 15°F
Kensett8a10 to 15°F
Keo8a10 to 15°F
Kibler8a10 to 15°F
Kingsland8a10 to 15°F
Knobel7b5 to 10°F
Knoxville8a10 to 15°F
Lafe7b5 to 10°F
LaGrange8a10 to 15°F
Lake City8a10 to 15°F
Lake View8a10 to 15°F
Lake Village8b15 to 20°F
Lakeview7b5 to 10°F
Lamar8a10 to 15°F
Lavaca8a10 to 15°F
Leachville8a10 to 15°F
Lead Hill7a0 to 5°F
Leola8a10 to 15°F
Lepanto8a10 to 15°F
Leslie7b5 to 10°F
Letona8a10 to 15°F
Lewisville8b15 to 20°F
Lexa8a10 to 15°F
Lincoln7b5 to 10°F
Little Flock7a0 to 5°F
Little Rock8a10 to 15°F
Lockesburg8a10 to 15°F
London8a10 to 15°F
Lonoke8a10 to 15°F
Lonsdale8a10 to 15°F
Louann8a10 to 15°F
Lowell7a0 to 5°F
Luxora8a10 to 15°F
Lynn7b5 to 10°F
Madison8a10 to 15°F
Magazine8a10 to 15°F
Magness8a10 to 15°F
Magnolia8b15 to 20°F
Malvern8a10 to 15°F
Mammoth Spring7a0 to 5°F
Manila8a10 to 15°F
Mansfield7b5 to 10°F
Marianna8a10 to 15°F
Marie8a10 to 15°F
Marion8a10 to 15°F
Marked Tree8a10 to 15°F
Marmaduke7b5 to 10°F
Marshall7b5 to 10°F
Marvell8a10 to 15°F
Maumelle8a10 to 15°F
Mayflower8a10 to 15°F
Maynard7b5 to 10°F
McCaskill8a10 to 15°F
McCrory8a10 to 15°F
McDougal7b5 to 10°F
McGehee8b15 to 20°F
McNab8b15 to 20°F
McNeil8b15 to 20°F
McRae8a10 to 15°F
Melbourne7b5 to 10°F
Mena8a10 to 15°F
Menifee8a10 to 15°F
Midland7b5 to 10°F
Midway8a10 to 15°F
Mineral Springs8a10 to 15°F
Minturn8a10 to 15°F
Mitchellville8b15 to 20°F
Monette8a10 to 15°F
Monticello8b15 to 20°F
Montrose8b15 to 20°F
Moorefield7b5 to 10°F
Moro8a10 to 15°F
Morrilton8a10 to 15°F
Morrison Bluff8a10 to 15°F
Mount Ida8a10 to 15°F
Mount Pleasant7b5 to 10°F
Mount Vernon8a10 to 15°F
Mountain Home7a0 to 5°F
Mountain Pine8a10 to 15°F
Mountain View7b5 to 10°F
Mountainburg7b5 to 10°F
Mulberry8a10 to 15°F
Murfreesboro8a10 to 15°F
Nashville8a10 to 15°F
Newark8a10 to 15°F
Newport8a10 to 15°F
Nimmons7b5 to 10°F
Norfork7b5 to 10°F
Norman8a10 to 15°F
Norphlet8b15 to 20°F
North Little Rock8a10 to 15°F
O'Kean7b5 to 10°F
Oak Grove7a0 to 5°F
Oak Grove Heights7b5 to 10°F
Oakhaven8a10 to 15°F
Oden8a10 to 15°F
Ogden8b15 to 20°F
Oil Trough8a10 to 15°F
Okolona8a10 to 15°F
Ola8a10 to 15°F
Omaha7a0 to 5°F
Oppelo8a10 to 15°F
Osceola8a10 to 15°F
Oxford7b5 to 10°F
Ozan8a10 to 15°F
Ozark7b5 to 10°F
Palestine8a10 to 15°F
Pangburn8a10 to 15°F
Paragould7b5 to 10°F
Paris8a10 to 15°F
Parkdale8b15 to 20°F
Parkin8a10 to 15°F
Patmos8a10 to 15°F
Patterson8a10 to 15°F
Pea Ridge7a0 to 5°F
Peach Orchard7b5 to 10°F
Perla8a10 to 15°F
Perry8a10 to 15°F
Perrytown8a10 to 15°F
Perryville8a10 to 15°F
Piggott7b5 to 10°F
Pindall7b5 to 10°F
Pine Bluff8a10 to 15°F
Pineville7b5 to 10°F
Plainview8a10 to 15°F
Pleasant Plains7b5 to 10°F
Plumerville8a10 to 15°F
Pocahontas7b5 to 10°F
Pollard7b5 to 10°F
Portia7b5 to 10°F
Portland8b15 to 20°F
Pottsville8a10 to 15°F
Powhatan7b5 to 10°F
Poyen8a10 to 15°F
Prairie Grove7a0 to 5°F
Prattsville8a10 to 15°F
Prescott8a10 to 15°F
Pyatt7b5 to 10°F
Quitman8a10 to 15°F
Ratcliff8a10 to 15°F
Ravenden7b5 to 10°F
Ravenden Springs7b5 to 10°F
Rector7b5 to 10°F
Redfield8a10 to 15°F
Reed8b15 to 20°F
Reyno7b5 to 10°F
Rison8a10 to 15°F
Rockport8a10 to 15°F
Roe8b15 to 20°F
Rogers7a0 to 5°F
Rondo8a10 to 15°F
Rose Bud8a10 to 15°F
Rosston8a10 to 15°F
Rudy8a10 to 15°F
Russellville8a10 to 15°F
Salem7a0 to 5°F
Salesville7b5 to 10°F
Scranton8a10 to 15°F
Searcy8a10 to 15°F
Sedgwick8a10 to 15°F
Shannon Hills8a10 to 15°F
Sheridan8a10 to 15°F
Sherrill8b15 to 20°F
Sherwood8a10 to 15°F
Shirley7b5 to 10°F
Sidney7a0 to 5°F
Siloam Springs7a0 to 5°F
Smackover8a10 to 15°F
Smithville7b5 to 10°F
South Lead Hill7a0 to 5°F
Southside7b5 to 10°F
Sparkman8a10 to 15°F
Springdale7a0 to 5°F
Springtown7a0 to 5°F
St. Charles8b15 to 20°F
St. Joe7b5 to 10°F
St. Paul7b5 to 10°F
Stamps8b15 to 20°F
Star City8b15 to 20°F
Stephens8a10 to 15°F
Strawberry7b5 to 10°F
Strong8b15 to 20°F
Stuttgart8b15 to 20°F
Subiaco8a10 to 15°F
Success7b5 to 10°F
Sulphur Rock8a10 to 15°F
Sulphur Springs7a0 to 5°F
Summit7b5 to 10°F
Sunset8a10 to 15°F
Swifton8a10 to 15°F
Taylor8b15 to 20°F
Texarkana8b15 to 20°F
Thornton8a10 to 15°F
Tillar8b15 to 20°F
Tinsman8a10 to 15°F
Tollette8a10 to 15°F
Tontitown7a0 to 5°F
Traskwood8a10 to 15°F
Trumann8a10 to 15°F
Tuckerman8a10 to 15°F
Tull8a10 to 15°F
Tupelo8a10 to 15°F
Turrell8a10 to 15°F
Twin Groves8a10 to 15°F
Tyronza8a10 to 15°F
Ulm8b15 to 20°F
Valley Springs7b5 to 10°F
Van Buren8a10 to 15°F
Vandervoort8a10 to 15°F
Victoria8a10 to 15°F
Vilonia8a10 to 15°F
Viola7a0 to 5°F
Wabbaseka8b15 to 20°F
Waldenburg8a10 to 15°F
Waldo8b15 to 20°F
Waldron7b5 to 10°F
Walnut Ridge8a10 to 15°F
Ward8a10 to 15°F
Warren8a10 to 15°F
Washington8a10 to 15°F
Watson8b15 to 20°F
Weiner8a10 to 15°F
Weldon8a10 to 15°F
West Fork7b5 to 10°F
West Memphis8a10 to 15°F
West Point8a10 to 15°F
Western Grove7b5 to 10°F
Wheatley8a10 to 15°F
Whelen Springs8a10 to 15°F
White Hall8a10 to 15°F
Wickes8a10 to 15°F
Widener8a10 to 15°F
Wiederkehr Village8a10 to 15°F
Williford7b5 to 10°F
Willisville8a10 to 15°F
Wilmar8b15 to 20°F
Wilmot8b15 to 20°F
Wilson8a10 to 15°F
Wilton8b15 to 20°F
Winchester8b15 to 20°F
Winslow7b5 to 10°F
Winthrop8a10 to 15°F
Wooster8a10 to 15°F
Wrightsville8a10 to 15°F
Wynne8a10 to 15°F
Yellville7b5 to 10°F
Zinc7b5 to 10°F

Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; ZIP code table from the PRISM Group, Oregon State University (accessed Oct 2026). This list is our own summary, not the official USDA map. See how we calculate.

Frequently asked questions

What planting zone is Arkansas?

Arkansas spans zones 7a to 8b on the 2023 USDA map, and zone 8a is the most common. Look up your ZIP code for your exact zone.

What zone is Little Rock, AR?

Little Rock is zone 8a, where the coldest night of an average winter falls from 10 to 15°F. Plants rated hardy to zone 8 or colder should survive a typical winter there.

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