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North Carolina Planting Zones

North Carolina covers USDA hardiness zones 6b to 9a on the 2023 map. The most common zone is 8a (60% of ZIP codes), where the coldest winter night averages 10 to 15 °F. Charlotte is zone 8a, Raleigh is zone 8a and Greensboro is zone 8a.

Zones in North Carolina

Share of the state’s ZIP codes in each zone.

6b 1% -5 to 0 °F
7a 6% 0 to 5 °F
7b 16% 5 to 10 °F
8a 60% 10 to 15 °F
8b 15% 15 to 20 °F
9a 2% 20 to 25 °F

Major cities

Charlotte 8a
Raleigh 8a
Greensboro 8a
Winston-Salem 7b–8a
Durham 8a
Asheville 7b
Wilmington 8b
Fayetteville 8a–8b
High Point 8a
Cary 8a
Gastonia 8a
Goldsboro 8a–8b

Every city and town in North Carolina

Aberdeen 28315 8a
Advance 27006 7b
Ahoskie 27910 8a
Alamance 27201 8a
Albemarle 28001+ 8a
Albertson 28508 8a
Alexander 28701 7b
Alexis 28006 8a
Alliance 28509 8b
Almond 28702 7a
Altamahaw 27202 8a
Andrews 28901 7a
Angier 27501 8a
Ansonville 28007 8a
Apex 27502+ 8a
Arapahoe 28510 8b
Ararat 27007 7b
Arden 28704 7b
Ash 28420 8b
Asheboro 27203+ 8a
Asheville 28801+ 7b
Atkinson 28421 8b
Atlantic 28511 8b
Atlantic Beach 28512 8b
Aulander 27805 8a
Aurora 27806 8b
Autryville 28318 8b
Avon 27915 9a
Ayden 28513 8b
Aydlett 27916 8b
Badin 28009 8a
Bahama 27503 8a
Bailey 27807 8a
Bakersville 28705 7a
Balsam 28707 7a
Balsam Grove 28708 7a
Banner Elk 28604 6b
Barco 27917 8b
Barium Springs 28010 7b
Barnardsville 28709 7a
Barnesville 28319 8b
Bat Cave 28710 7b
Bath 27808 8b
Battleboro 27809 8a
Bayboro 28515 8b
Bear Creek 27207 8a
Beaufort 28516 8b
Belews Creek 27009 8a
Belhaven 27810 8b
Bellarthur 27811 8a
Belmont 28012 8a
Belvidere 27919 8a
Bennett 27208 8a
Benson 27504 8a
Bessemer City 28016 8a
Bethania 27010 7b
Bethel 27812 8a
Beulaville 28518 8a
Biscoe 27209 8a
Black Creek 27813 8a
Black Mountain 28711 7a
Bladenboro 28320 8b
Blanch 27212 7b
Blounts Creek 27814 8b
Blowing Rock 28605 6b
Boiling Springs 28017 8a
Bolivia 28422 8b
Bolton 28423 8b
Bonlee 27213 8a
Boomer 28606 7b
Boone 28607 7a
Boonville 27011 7b
Bostic 28018 7b
Brasstown 28902 7b
Brevard 28712 7b
Bridgeton 28519 8b
Broadway 27505 8a
Browns Summit 27214 8a
Brunswick 28424 8b
Bryson City 28713 7b
Buies Creek 27506 8a
Bullock 27507 7b
Bunn 27508 8a
Bunnlevel 28323 8a
Burgaw 28425 8a
Burlington 27215+ 8a
Burnsville 28714 7a
Butner 27509 8a
Buxton 27920 9a
Bynum 27228 8a
Calabash 28467 8b
Calypso 28325 8a
Camden 27921 8a
Cameron 28326 8a
Camp Lejeune 28542+ 8b
Candler 28715 7a
Candor 27229 8a
Canton 28716 7a
Caroleen 28019 8a
Carolina Beach 28428 8b
Carrboro 27510 8a
Carthage 28327 8a
Cary 27511+ 8a
Casar 28020 8a
Cashiers 28717 7a
Castalia 27816 8a
Castle Hayne 28429 8b
Catawba 28609 8a
Cedar Falls 27230 8a
Cedar Grove 27231 8a
Cedar Island 28520 8b
Cedar Mountain 28718 7b
Cerro Gordo 28430 8b
Chadbourn 28431 8b
Chapel Hill 27514+ 8a
Charlotte 28201+ 8a
Charlotte (Robeson) 28271 8a
Cherokee 28719 7a
Cherry Point 28533 8b
Cherryville 28021 8a
Chimney Rock 28720 7b
China Grove 28023 7b
Chinquapin 28521 8a
Chocowinity 27817 8b
Claremont 28610 8a
Clarendon 28432 8b
Clarkton 28433 8b
Clayton 27527+ 8a
Clayton (Johnston) 27520 8a
Clemmons 27012 7b
Cleveland 27013 7b
Cliffside 28024 8a
Climax 27233 8a
Clinton 28328+ 8b
Clyde 28721 7a
Coats 27521 8a
Cofield 27922 8a
Coinjock 27923 8b
Colerain 27924 8a
Colfax 27235 8a
Collettsville 28611 7b
Columbia 27925 8b
Columbus 28722 8a
Comfort 28522 8a
Como 27818 8a
Concord 28025+ 8a
Conetoe 27819 8a
Connelly Springs 28612 8a
Conover 28613 8a
Conway 27820 8a
Cooleemee 27014 7b
Corapeake 27926 8a
Cordova 28330 8a
Cornelius 28031 8a
Corolla 27927 8b
Council 28434 8b
Cove City 28523 8b
Cramerton 28032 8a
Creedmoor 27522 8a
Creston 28615 7a
Creswell 27928 8a
Crossnore 28616 7a
Crouse 28033 8a
Crumpler 28617 7a
Culberson 28903 7b
Cullowhee 28723 7a
Cumberland 28331 8a
Cumnock 27237 8a
Currie 28435 8b
Currituck 27929 8b
Dallas 28034 8a
Dana 28724 7b
Danbury 27016 7b
Davidson 28035 8a
Davidson (Mecklenburg) 28036 8a
Davis 28524 8b
Deep Gap 28618 7b
Deep Run 28525 8a
Delco 28436 8b
Denton 27239 8a
Denver 28037 8a
Dillsboro 28725 7b
Dobson 27017 7b
Dover 28526 8b
Drexel 28619 7b
Dublin 28332 8b
Dudley 28333 8a
Dunn 28334+ 8a
Durham 27701+ 8a
Eagle Springs 27242 8a
Earl 28038 8a
East Bend 27018 7b
East Flat Rock 28726 7b
East Spencer 28039 8a
Eden 27288+ 7b
Edenton 27932 8a
Edneyville 28727 7b
Edward 27821 8b
Efland 27243 8a
Elizabeth City 27906+ 8a
Elizabethtown 28337 8b
Elk Park 28622 6b
Elkin 28621 7b
Ellenboro 28040 8a
Ellerbe 28338 8a
Elm City 27822 8a
Elon 27244 8a
Emerald Isle 28594 8b
Enfield 27823 8a
Engelhard 27824 8b
Enka 28728 7b
Ennice 28623 7a
Ernul 28527 8b
Erwin 28339 8a
Ether 27247 8a
Etowah 28729 7b
Eure 27935 8a
Everetts 27825 8a
Evergreen 28438 8b
Fair Bluff 28439 8b
Fairfield 27826 8b
Fairmont 28340 8b
Fairview 28730 7a
Faison 28341 8a
Faith 28041 7b
Falcon 28342 8a
Falkland 27827 8a
Fallston 28042 8a
Farmville 27828 8a
Fayetteville 28301+ 8a–8b
Ferguson 28624 7b
Flat Rock 28731 7b
Fleetwood 28626 7a
Fletcher 28732 7b
Fontana Dam 28733 7b
Forest City 28043 8a
Fort Bragg 28307+ 8a
Fountain 27829 8a
Four Oaks 27524 8a
Franklin 28734+ 7b
Franklinton 27525 8a
Franklinville 27248 8a
Fremont 27830 8a
Frisco 27936 9a
Fuquay Varina 27526 8a
Garland 28441 8b
Garner 27529 8a
Garysburg 27831 8a
Gaston 27832 8a
Gastonia 28052+ 8a
Gates 27937 8a
Gatesville 27938 8a
Germanton 27019 7b
Gerton 28735 7a
Gibson 28343 8a
Gibsonville 27249 8a
Glade Valley 28627 7a
Glen Alpine 28628 7b
Glendale Springs 28629 7a
Glenville 28736 7a
Glenwood 28737 7b
Gloucester 28528 9a
Godwin 28344 8a
Gold Hill 28071 8a
Goldsboro 27530+ 8a–8b
Goldston 27252 8a
Graham 27253 8a
Grandy 27939 8b
Granite Falls 28630 8a
Granite Quarry 28072 7b
Grantsboro 28529 8b
Grassy Creek 28631 7a
Green Mountain 28740 7a
Greensboro 27401+ 8a
Greenville 27833+ 8a
Grifton 28530 8b
Grimesland 27837 8b
Grover 28073 8a
Gulf 27256 7b
Halifax 27839 8a
Hallsboro 28442 8b
Hamilton 27840 8a
Hamlet 28345 8a
Hampstead 28443 8b
Hamptonville 27020 7b
Harbinger 27941 9a
Harkers Island 28531 9a
Harmony 28634 7b
Harrells 28444 8a
Harrellsville 27942 8a
Harris 28074 8a
Harrisburg 28075 8a
Hassell 27841 8a
Hatteras 27943 9a
Havelock 28532 8b
Haw River 27258 8a
Hayesville 28904 7b
Hays 28635 7b
Hazelwood 28738 7a
Henderson 27536+ 7b
Hendersonville 28739+ 7b
Henrico 27842 8a
Henrietta 28076 8a
Hertford 27930+ 8a–8b
Hickory 28601+ 8a
Hiddenite 28636 8a
High Point 27260+ 8a
High Shoals 28077 8a
Highfalls 27259 8a
Highlands 28741 7a
Hildebran 28637 8a
Hillsborough 27278 8a
Hobbsville 27946 8a
Hobgood 27843 8a
Hobucken 28537 8b
Hoffman 28347 8a
Hollister 27844 8a
Holly Ridge 28445 8b
Holly Springs 27540 8a
Hookerton 28538 8b
Hope Mills 28348 8b
Horse Shoe 28742 7a
Hot Springs 28743 7a
Hubert 28539 8b
Hudson 28638 8a
Huntersville 28070+ 8a
Hurdle Mills 27541 7b
Icard 28666 8a
Indian Trail 28079 8a
Iron Station 28080 8a
Ivanhoe 28447 8a
Jackson 27845 8a
Jackson Springs 27281 8a
Jacksonville 28540+ 8a–8b
Jamestown 27282 8a
Jamesville 27846 8a
Jarvisburg 27947 9a
Jefferson 28640 7a
Jonas Ridge 28641 6b
Jonesville 28642 7b
Julian 27283 8a
Kannapolis 28081+ 8a
Kelford 27847 8a
Kelly 28448 8b
Kenansville 28349 8a
Kenly 27542 8a
Kernersville 27284+ 8a
Kill Devil Hills 27948 9a
King 27021 7b
Kings Mountain 28086 8a
Kinston 28501+ 8a–8b
Kipling 27543 8a
Kittrell 27544 7b
Kitty Hawk 27949 9a
Knightdale 27545 8a
Knotts Island 27950 8b
Kure Beach 28449 8b
La Grange 28551 8a
Lake Junaluska 28745 7a
Lake Lure 28746 8a
Lake Toxaway 28747 7b
Lake Waccamaw 28450 8b
Lakeview 28350 8a
Landis 28088 7b
Lansing 28643 7a
Lattimore 28089 8a
Laurel Hill 28351 8a
Laurel Springs 28644 7a
Laurinburg 28352+ 8a
Lawndale 28090 8a
Lawsonville 27022 7b
Leasburg 27291 7b
Leicester 28748 7a
Leland 28451 8b
Lemon Springs 28355 8a
Lenoir 28645 7b
Lewiston Woodville 27849 8a
Lewisville 27023 7b
Lexington 27292+ 7b–8a
Liberty 27298 8a
Lilesville 28091 8a
Lillington 27546 8a
Lincolnton 28092+ 8a
Linden 28356 8a
Linville 28646 6b
Linville Falls 28647 7a
Linwood 27299 8a
Little Switzerland 28749 7a
Littleton 27850 8a
Locust 28097 8a
Longwood 28452 8b
Louisburg 27549 8a
Lowell 28098 8a
Lowgap 27024 7b
Lowland 28552 8b
Lucama 27851 8a
Lumber Bridge 28357 8a
Lumberton 28358+ 8b
Lynn 28750 8a
Macclesfield 27852 8a
Macon 27551 8a
Madison 27025 7b
Maggie Valley 28751 7a
Magnolia 28453 8a
Maiden 28650 8a
Mamers 27552 8a
Manns Harbor 27953 8b
Manson 27553 7b
Manteo 27954 9a
Maple 27956 8b
Maple Hill 28454 8a
Marble 28905 7b
Margarettsville 27853 8a
Marietta 28362 8b
Marion 28752 7b
Mars Hill 28754 7a
Marshall 28753 7a
Marshallberg 28553 9a
Marshville 28103 8a
Marston 28363 8a
Matthews 28104+ 8a
Maury 28554 8a
Maxton 28364 8a
Mayodan 27027 7b
Maysville 28555 8b
Mc Adenville 28101 8a
Mc Farlan 28102 8a
Mc Grady 28649 7b
Mccutcheon Field 28545 8b
McLeansville 27301 8a
Mebane 27302 8a
Merritt 28556 8b
Merry Hill 27957 8a
Micaville 28755 7a
Micro 27555 8a
Middleburg 27556 7b
Middlesex 27557 8a
Midland 28107 8a
Midway Park 28544 8b
Mill Spring 28756 8a
Millers Creek 28651 7b
Mills River 28759 7b
Milton 27305 7b
Mineral Springs 28108 8a
Minneapolis 28652 6b
Misenheimer 28109 8a
Mocksville 27028 7b
Moncure 27559 8a
Monroe 28110+ 8a
Montezuma 28653 6b
Montreat 28757 7a
Mooresboro 28114 8a
Mooresville 28115+ 8a
Moravian Falls 28654 7b
Morehead City 28557 8b
Morganton 28655+ 7b
Morrisville 27560 8a
Morven 28119 8a
Mount Airy 27030 7b
Mount Gilead 27306 8a
Mount Holly 28120 8a
Mount Mourne 28123 8a
Mount Olive 28365 8a
Mount Pleasant 28124 8a
Mount Ulla 28125 7b
Mountain Home 28758 7b
Moyock 27958 8a
Murfreesboro 27855 8a
Murphy 28906 7b
Nags Head 27959 9a
Nakina 28455 8b
Naples 28760 7b
Nashville 27856 8a
Nebo 28761 7b
New Bern 28560+ 8b
New Hill 27562 8a
New London 28127 8a
Newell 28126 8a
Newland 28657 6b
Newport 28570 8b
Newton 28658 8a
Newton Grove 28366 8a
Norlina 27563 7b
Norman 28367 8a
North Wilkesboro 28656+ 7b
Norwood 28128 8a
Oak City 27857 8a
Oak Island 28465 8b
Oak Ridge 27310 8a
Oakboro 28129 8a
Ocean Isle Beach 28469 8b
Ocracoke 27960 9a
Old Fort 28762 7b
Olin 28660 7b
Olivia 28368 8a
Oriental 28571 8b
Orrum 28369 8b
Otto 28763 7b
Oxford 27565 7b
Pantego 27860 8a
Parkton 28371 8b
Parmele 27861 8a
Patterson 28661 7b
Paw Creek 28130 8a
Peachland 28133 8a
Pelham 27311 7b
Pembroke 28372 8b
Pendleton 27862 8a
Penland 28765 7a
Penrose 28766 7b
Pfafftown 27040 7b
Pikeville 27863 8a
Pilot Mountain 27041 7b
Pine Hall 27042 7b
Pine Level 27568 8a
Pinebluff 28373 8a
Pinehurst 28370+ 8a
Pineola 28662 6b
Pinetops 27864 8a
Pinetown 27865 8a
Pineville 28134 8a
Piney Creek 28663 7a
Pink Hill 28572 8a
Pinnacle 27043 7b
Pisgah Forest 28768 7a
Pittsboro 27312 8a
Pleasant Garden 27313 8a
Pleasant Hill 27866 8a
Plumtree 28664 7a
Plymouth 27962 8a
Point Harbor 27964 9a
Polkton 28135 8a
Polkville 28136 8a
Pollocksville 28573 8b
Pope Army Airfield 28308 8a
Poplar Branch 27965 8b
Potecasi 27867 8a
Powells Point 27966 9a
Powellsville 27967 8a
Princeton 27569 8a
Proctorville 28375 8b
Prospect Hill 27314 7b
Providence 27315 7b
Purlear 28665 7b
Raeford 28376 8a
Raleigh 27601+ 8a
Ramseur 27316 8a
Randleman 27317 8a
Red Oak 27868 8a
Red Springs 28377 8a
Reidsville 27320+ 8a
Rex 28378 8b
Rhodhiss 28667 8a
Rich Square 27869 8a
Richfield 28137 8a
Richlands 28574 8a
Ridgecrest 28770 7a
Ridgeway 27570 7b
Riegelwood 28456 8b
Roanoke Rapids 27870 8a
Roaring Gap 28668 7a
Roaring River 28669 7b
Robbins 27325 8a
Robbinsville 28771 7a
Robersonville 27871 8a
Rockingham 28379+ 8a
Rockwell 28138 7b
Rocky Mount 27803+ 8a
Rocky Mount (Edgecombe) 27801+ 8a
Rocky Point 28457 8a
Rodanthe 27968 9a
Roduco 27969 8a
Rolesville 27571 8a
Ronda 28670 7b
Roper 27970 8b
Rose Hill 28458 8a
Roseboro 28382 8b
Rosman 28772 7b
Rougemont 27572 7b
Rowland 28383 8b
Roxboro 27573 7b
Roxboro (Granville) 27574 7b
Roxobel 27872 8a
Ruffin 27326 7b
Rural Hall 27045+ 7b
Rutherford College 28671 8a
Rutherfordton 28139 8a
Saint Pauls 28384 8b
Salemburg 28385 8b
Salisbury 28144+ 7b–8a
Saluda 28773 7b
Salvo 27972 9a
Sandy Ridge 27046 7b
Sanford 27330+ 8a
Sapphire 28774 7b
Saratoga 27873 8a
Saxapahaw 27340 8a
Scaly Mountain 28775 7a
Scotland Neck 27874 8a
Scotts 28699 8a
Scottville 28672 7a
Scranton 27875 8b
Seaboard 27876 8a
Seagrove 27341 8a
Sealevel 28577 8b
Sedalia 27342 8a
Selma 27576 8a
Semora 27343 7b
Seven Springs 28578 8a
Severn 27877 8a
Shallotte 28459+ 8b
Shannon 28386 8a
Sharpsburg 27878 8a
Shawboro 27973 8b
Shelby 28150+ 8a
Sherrills Ford 28673 8a
Shiloh 27974 8b
Siler City 27344 8a
Siloam 27047 7b
Simpson 27879 8a
Sims 27880 8a
Skyland 28776 7b
Smithfield 27577 8a
Smyrna 28579 8b
Sneads Ferry 28460 8b
Snow Camp 27349 8a
Snow Hill 28580 8a
Sophia 27350 8a
South Mills 27976 8a
Southern Pines 28387+ 8a
Southmont 27351 8a
Southport 28461 8b
Sparta 28675 7a
Speed 27881 8a
Spencer 28159 8a
Spindale 28160 8a
Spring Hope 27882 8a
Spring Lake 28390 8a
Spruce Pine 28777 7a
Stacy 28581 8b
Staley 27355 8a
Stanfield 28163 8a
Stanley 28164 8a
Stantonsburg 27883 8a
Star 27356 8a
State Road 28676 7b
Statesville 28625+ 7b–8a
Stedman 28391 8a
Stella 28582 8b
Stem 27581 8a
Stokes 27884 8a
Stokesdale 27357 8a
Stoneville 27048 7b
Stonewall 28583 8b
Stony Point 28678 8a
Stovall 27582 7b
Stumpy Point 27978 8b
Sugar Grove 28679 7a
Summerfield 27358 8a
Sunbury 27979 8a
Sunset Beach 28468 8b
Supply 28462 8b
Swannanoa 28778 7a
Swanquarter 27885 8b
Swansboro 28584 8b
Swepsonville 27359 8a
Sylva 28779 7b
Tabor City 28463 8b
Tar Heel 28392 8b
Tarawa Terrace 28543 8b
Tarboro 27886 8a
Taylorsville 28681 8a
Teachey 28464 8a
Terrell 28682 8a
Thomasville 27360+ 8a
Thurmond 28683 7b
Tillery 27887 8a
Timberlake 27583 7b
Toast 27049 7b
Tobaccoville 27050 7b
Todd 28684 7a
Topton 28781 7a
Townsville 27584 7b
Traphill 28685 7b
Trenton 28585 8a
Trinity 27370 8a
Troutman 28166 8a
Troy 27371 8a
Tryon 28782 8a
Tuckasegee 28783 7a
Turkey 28393 8a
Turnersburg 28688 7b
Tuxedo 28784 7b
Tyner 27980 8a
Union Grove 28689 7b
Union Mills 28167 7b
Valdese 28690 7b
Vale 28168 8a
Valle Crucis 28691 7a
Vanceboro 28586 8b
Vandemere 28587 8b
Vass 28394 8a
Vaughan 27586 7b
Vilas 28692 7a
Waco 28169 8a
Wade 28395 8a
Wadesboro 28170 8a
Wagram 28396 8a
Wake Forest 27587+ 8a
Walkertown 27051 8a
Wallace 28466 8a
Wallburg 27373 8a
Walnut Cove 27052 7b
Walstonburg 27888 8a
Wanchese 27981 9a
Warne 28909 7b
Warrensville 28693 7a
Warrenton 27589 8a
Warsaw 28398 8a
Washington 27889 8b
Waves 27982 9a
Waxhaw 28173 8a
Waynesville 28785+ 7a
Weaverville 28787 7b
Webster 28788 7b
Welcome 27374 8a
Weldon 27890 8a
Wendell 27591 8a
Wentworth 27375 7b
West End 27376 8a
West Jefferson 28694 7a
Westfield 27053 7b
Whitakers 27891 8a
White Oak 28399 8b
White Plains 27031 7b
Whiteville 28472 8b
Whitsett 27377 8a
Whittier 28789 7a
Wilkesboro 28697 7b
Willard 28478 8a
Williamston 27892 8a
Williston 28589 8b
Willow Spring 27592 8a
Wilmington 28401+ 8b
Wilmington (Brunswick) 28404 8b
Wilson 27893+ 8a
Wilsons Mills 27593 8a
Windsor 27983 8a
Winfall 27985 8a
Wingate 28174 8a
Winnabow 28479 8b
Winston-Salem 27101+ 7b–8a
Winterville 28590 8a
Winton 27986 8a
Wise 27594 7b
Woodland 27897 8a
Woodleaf 27054 7b
Wrightsville Beach 28480 8b
Yadkinville 27055 7b
Yanceyville 27379 7b
Youngsville 27596 8a
Zebulon 27597 8a
Zionville 28698 7a
Zirconia 28790 7b

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Zones: 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map ZIP code data, USDA Agricultural Research Service and the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University (official map). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Each ZIP code gets one zone, but a ZIP code can cross a zone line, and hills, valleys and towns can be warmer or colder than the zone shown.

About the Hardiness Zone Map

The Hardiness Zone Map finds your USDA plant hardiness zone, also called your planting or growing zone, from your ZIP code. Zones are based on the average coldest winter night of the year: each zone is 10 °F wide and split into a and b halves of 5 °F, from zone 1a in Alaska to 13b in Puerto Rico. Plant labels and seed packets give the coldest zone a plant can survive, so knowing your zone tells you which perennials, shrubs and trees can stay outside all winter. Zones come from the official 2023 USDA map ZIP code data for all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico.

How to use it

1 Enter your 5-digit ZIP code and press Find my zone.
2 Read your zone and the average coldest winter temperature it stands for.
3 Open your state to see its zones and the zone of every city.
4 Choose plants rated for your zone number or a colder (lower) one.

Frequently asked questions

What growing zone is North Carolina?

North Carolina spans zones 6b–9a. Zone 8a is the most common, covering 60% of the state's ZIP codes. Enter your ZIP code above for your exact zone.

What planting zone is Charlotte, NC?

Charlotte is in USDA zone 8a. Its average coldest winter night is 10 to 15 °F.

What planting zone is Raleigh, NC?

Raleigh is in USDA zone 8a. Its average coldest winter night is 10 to 15 °F.

What planting zone is Greensboro, NC?

Greensboro is in USDA zone 8a. Its average coldest winter night is 10 to 15 °F.

What is the coldest zone in North Carolina?

The coldest part of North Carolina is zone 6b, with winter lows of -5 to 0 °F. The warmest is zone 9a, at 20 to 25 °F.

How are planting zones worked out?

Each zone is a 10 °F band of the average coldest winter night over 1991–2020, split into a and b halves of 5 °F. The map does not show summer heat, rainfall or frost dates, so check local advice before planting.

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