Hardiness Zone 8: 10 to 20 °F
Zone 8 covers places whose average annual extreme winter low falls between 10 and 20 °F (-12.2 to -6.7 °C). The Southeast coastal plain, the Gulf Coast, much of Texas, and the Pacific Northwest coast.
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10 photos Zone 8 front yard
This is actually outdated a bit. I have been working for seven months and now I have spanish moss all over...
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15 photos Zone 8 And the rest of the story....
I'm really new to gardening and this place literally used to be an illegal dump, after much trash removal...
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4 photos Zone 8 Acuard Water Waster
by Kathy LesherSome slope in front with one tree. Lot of Burmuta grass & crab grass.A large water waster!
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4 photos Zone 8 Definitely A Work In Progress…
by magnesWe wanted a garden this year but weren't sure where to put it... so we decided to put it on our deck.
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3 photos Zone 8 Hot tub to Pond conversion
by Nana007Converted an old hot tub to a water garden. The hot tub was already set into the deck.
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18 photos Zone 8 Endless Possibilities 'The Replacement'
Out with the old and in with new. Construction of pond, stream, waterfall and plants from start to finish....
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55 photos Zone 8 Completed jobs
These are various jobs we have completed recently and would like to share them. Some were dirt backyards...
Zone 8 facts
| Full band | 10 to 20 °F (-12.2 to -6.7 °C) |
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| Zone 8a (colder half) | 10 to 15 °F |
| Zone 8b (warmer half) | 15 to 20 °F |
| Where it occurs | The Southeast coastal plain, the Gulf Coast, much of Texas, and the Pacific Northwest coast. |
| Yards on YardShare tagged zone 8 | 368 |
Plants rated hardy to zone 8 should survive an average winter low in this band. Summer heat, rainfall, soil, and microclimates still decide the rest, and the full researched zone guide is being built for this page.
Data: 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (USDA and PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University). Yard counts and photos are live from the YardShare archive; member-entered zone tags are shown as members set them.