The below USDA map of plant hardiness zones for Hawaii is intended to help you learn how the temperatures in your area will affect the plants you grow in your garden.
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Hawaii Planting Zones
This is one of the warmest regions on the USDA plant hardiness zones map. Determining your planting zone for Hawaii is quite easy. Match where you live on the Hawaii USDA map to the legend on the right. The color will tell what planting zone you live in.
This Hawaii USDA plant hardiness zone map is based on the 2023 version of the USDA plant hardiness map for the US. The plant hardiness zones were updated in 2023 to better account for the change in weather and temperature patterns that have happened over the last few decades, mainly due to the climate change.
The reason you should figure your Hawaii growing zone is because it will help you to make better choices for the plants to grow in your garden. Having plants that are suitable for your gardening zone will result in a garden that is thriving year after year.
In Hawaii, as the zones are so high, you can technically grow almost any plant, but be aware that some of the plants in lower zones may need a period of cold in order to be healthy.
Reputable plant nurseries will carry plants that are appropriate for your area and those plants will be clearly marked for which zone they belong to.
Top Questions
Hawaii is in 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 USDA plant hardiness zones.
Hawaii has four climate groups on a surface as small as 4,028 square miles according to the Köppen climate types: tropical, arid, temperate and polar.
You can use the USDA map to find which Hawaii planting zone you live in.
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