USDA Hardiness Zone 8a
8a is a zone in the USDA Climate Zone system and can be used to help assess if certain plants will grow well in your area. There are presently 1089 gardens on Folia marked as being in USDA Zone 8a.
Typical example plants that tend to grow vigorously in this zone include Tomato, Sweet pepper, Onion, Basil, Lettuce, Potato, Carrot, Rose, Bean, and Chili pepper.
Areas recently identified in Folia as being in this zone include Panama City, Florida (United States), Gilchrist Co, Florida (United States), central vancouver island (Canada), Surrey, British Columbia (Canada), North Vancouver (Canada), VA Beach (United States), Duvall, WA (United States), Estacada (United States), Albany, GA (United States), Monmouth, OR (United States), Norfolk, VA (United States), Dallas, Texas (United States), Bainbridge Island, WA (United States), Springfield, OR (United States), Dallas (United States), Portland, Oregon (United States), Mansfield, Texas (United States), Frisco (United States), Dallas (United States), Rugby (United Kingdom), Austin, TX (United States), Portland, Oregon (United States), Portland (United States), Tucson (United States), Chilliwack (Canada), Hope (Canada), Auburn/Grass Valley 95602 (United States), Kingman, AZ (United States), Wetumpka (United States), and Fayetteville (United States).
If your area is defined as within 8a, you typically get low temperatures of between -12°C (10°F) and -9°C (16°F)
Zone 8a has a corresponding Sunset zone of 4, 6-9.
Due to large differences in average temperature, USDA Zone 8a is typically known as Zone 2 in Australia.
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New gardens in zone 8a View all
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Zone 8a We built a 34 foot long by 4 foot wide planter bed that is 2 feet tall for our front walkway right in front of the porch of our home. We decided we...
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Zone 8a A raised bed garden with irrigation, special soil and mulch. Stone walls in the front and sides. Back of bed is a high building wall which provide...
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