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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Graham Rice

What to plant in zone 9: an expert guide to the flowers, shrubs, vegetables and trees that will thrive

A crop of oranges on a tree.

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). 

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