
Fortunate gardeners live in US hardiness zone 9, as the choice of plants you can grow is vast.
Gardens in zone 9 experience only light frost, or sometimes none, allowing for a wide range of plants that appreciate warm temperate and subtropical conditions to thrive. The average lowest winter temperatures in zone 9 are 20F to 30F, and the zone is sometimes split into zone 9a (20-25F) and zone 9b (25-30F).