A beautiful Florida landscape might bring to mind visions of heart-shaped Caladium leaves, oak trees draped in Spanish moss, and colorful dahlias—all well-suited to the Sunshine State’s unique subtropical climate and sandy soil conditions. How can you ensure success in your Florida garden?
To answer that question, we turned to gardening expert Betty Morrell and asked her to share her best advice for gardening success in Florida. Hint: It all starts with Florida's planting zones! The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated four planting zones (zones 8-11) in the state, and this is what you need to know about growing and planting in each.
Betty Morrell is a gardening expert and spokesperson for the Southern Living Plant Collection.
Identifying The USDA Zones In Florida
The USDA Zones provide a valuable tool for helping gardeners know where plants will be cold hardy based on the average yearly low temperatures your area experiences. Each zone represents a range of your area’s coldest temperatures annually, calculated based on a 30-year average. For example, if you live in Zone 9b (Orlando, Florida), your average lowest temperatures are 25 to 30 °F.
Florida has four USDA Zones, 8a to 11b, broken down as follows:
Zones 8a and 8b (10 to 20 °F) include much of the Panhandle, including Destin, Tallahassee, and parts of Panama City. Zones 9a and 9b (20 to 30 °F) include the coastal Panhandle cities of Pensacola and the rest of Panama City. It also encompasses much of the top two-thirds of the state, including Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Gainesville, Orlando, and Ocala. Zone 10 (30 to 40 °F) includes many of Florida’s coastal gems, such as Tampa, Clearwater, most of Sarasota, Naples, Vero Beach, West Palm
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