North Carolina USDA Plant Hardiness Zones Map

 North Carolina State USDA Growing Zones can be figured out by looking at the North Carolina USDA zone map for plant hardiness and reading this table below. Hardiness Zones are helpful in deciding which Trees and Plants will survive in an particular area.

If you want more details about a city and want to know your Garden or Farm USDA Planting Zone look at the name of your city listed here below in the table with the specific zone number near it.

Now you can click on that zone number to find the most common and best growing zone-compatible fruit trees, vegetables and flowers in each area of North Carolina.

North Carolina Plant Hardiness Zones include: 5a to 9b. Please click on the number near to your city name to find the list of the best plants that grow in your backyard.

What Planting Zone AM I In?

List of Hardiness Zones for North Carolina Cities and Areas in alphabetical order

A Aberdeen Zone 8a Advance Zone 7b Ahoskie Zone 7b, 8a Alamance Zone 7b Alamance County Zone 7b Albemarle Zone 7b Alexander County Zone 6a, 7a, 7b Alleghany County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a Alliance Zone 8a Altamahaw Zone 7b Andrews Zone 7a Angier Zone 7b, 8a Anson County Zone 7b, 8a Ansonville Zone 8a Apex Zone 7b Aquadale Zone 7b, 8a Arapahoe Zone 8a Archdale Zone 7b Archer Lodge Zone 7b, 8a Ashe County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a Asheboro Zone 7b Asheville Zone 7a Ashley Heights Zone 8a Askewville Zone 8a Atkinson Zone 8a Atlantic Zone 8b Atlantic Beach Zone 8a Aulander Zone 7b Aurora Zone 8a Autryville Zone 8a Avery County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Avery Creek Zone 7a Avon Zone 8b Ayden Zone 8a	I Icard Zone 7b Indian Beach Zone 8a Indian Trail Zone 7b, 8a Ingold Zone 8a Iredell County Zone 7a, 7b Iron Station Zone 7b Ivanhoe Zone 8a	Q
B Badin Zone 7b Bailey Zone 7b Bakersville Zone 6a Bald Head Island Zone 8a Balfour Zone 7a Banner Elk Zone 6a Barker Heights Zone 7a Barker Ten Mile Zone 8a Bath Zone 8a Bayboro Zone 8a Bayshore Zone 8a Bayview Zone 8a Bear Grass Zone 8a Beaufort Zone 8a Beaufort County Zone 8a Beech Mountain Zone 6a, 6a Belhaven Zone 8a Bell Arthur Zone 8a Belmont Zone 7b, 8a Belville Zone 8a Belvoir Zone 8a Belwood Zone 7b Bennett Zone 7b Benson Zone 8a Bent Creek Zone 7a Bermuda Run Zone 7b Bertie County Zone 7b, 8a Bessemer City Zone 7b Bethania Zone 7b Bethel Zone 8a Bethlehem Zone 7b Beulaville Zone 8a Biltmore Forest Zone 7a Biscoe Zone 7b Black Creek Zone 8a Black Mountain Zone 6a, 7a Bladen County Zone 8a Bladenboro Zone 8a Blowing Rock Zone 6a, 6a Blue Clay Farms Zone 8a Boardman Zone 8a Bogue Zone 8a Boiling Spring Lakes Zone 8a Boiling Springs Zone 7b Bolivia Zone 8a Bolton Zone 8a Bonnetsville Zone 8a Boone Zone 6a Boonville Zone 7b Bostic Zone 7b Bowmore Zone 7b, 8a Brevard Zone 7a Brices Creek Zone 8a Bridgeton Zone 8a Broad Creek Zone 8a Broadway Zone 7b Brogden Zone 8a Brookford Zone 7b Brunswick Zone 8a Brunswick County Zone 8a, 8b Bryson City Zone 7a Buies Creek Zone 8a Buncombe County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b Bunn Zone 7b Bunnlevel Zone 8a Burgaw Zone 8a Burke County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b Burlington Zone 7b Burnsville Zone 6a Butner Zone 7b Butters Zone 8a Buxton Zone 8b	J JAARS Zone 8a Jackson Zone 7b Jackson County Zone 5a, 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Jackson Heights Zone 8a Jacksonville Zone 8a James City Zone 8a Jamestown Zone 7b Jamesville Zone 8a Jefferson Zone 6a Johnston County Zone 7b, 8a Jones County Zone 8a Jonesville Zone 7a	R Raeford Zone 7b Raemon Zone 8a Raleigh Zone 7b, 8a Ramseur Zone 7b Randleman Zone 7b Randolph County Zone 7b Ranlo Zone 7b Raynham Zone 8a Red Cross Zone 7b Red Oak Zone 7b Red Springs Zone 8a Reidsville Zone 7b Rennert Zone 8a Rex Zone 8a Rhodhiss Zone 7b Rich Square Zone 7b Richfield Zone 7b Richlands Zone 8a Richmond County Zone 7b, 8a Riegelwood Zone 8a River Bend Zone 8a River Road Zone 8a Roanoke Rapids Zone 7b Robbins Zone 7b Robbinsville Zone 7a Robersonville Zone 8a Robeson County Zone 8a Rockfish Zone 8a Rockingham Zone 8a Rockingham County Zone 7a, 7b Rockwell Zone 7b Rocky Mount Zone 7b, 8a Rocky Point Zone 8a Rodanthe Zone 8b Rolesville Zone 7b Ronda Zone 7a Roper Zone 8a Rose Hill Zone 8a Roseboro Zone 8a Rosman Zone 7a Rougemont Zone 7b Rowan County Zone 7b Rowland Zone 8a Roxboro Zone 7b Roxobel Zone 7b Royal Pines Zone 7a Ruffin Zone 7b Rural Hall Zone 7b Ruth Zone 7b Rutherford College Zone 7b Rutherford County Zone 6a, 7a, 7b Rutherfordton Zone 7b
C Cabarrus County Zone 7b, 8a Cajah's Mountain Zone 7b Calabash Zone 8a Caldwell County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b Calypso Zone 8a Camden Zone 8a Camden County Zone 7b, 8a Cameron Zone 7b Candor Zone 7b Canton Zone 6a, 6a, 7a Cape Carteret Zone 8a Caroleen Zone 7b Carolina Beach Zone 8a Carolina Shores Zone 8a Carrboro Zone 7b Carteret County Zone 8a, 8b Carthage Zone 7b, 8a Cary Zone 7b Casar Zone 7b Cashiers Zone 7a Castalia Zone 7b Castle Hayne Zone 8a Caswell Beach Zone 8a Caswell County Zone 7b Catawba Zone 7b Catawba County Zone 7b Cedar Point Zone 8a Cedar Rock Zone 7b Centerville Zone 7b Cerro Gordo Zone 8a Chadbourn Zone 8a Chapel Hill Zone 7b Charlotte Zone 7b, 8a Chatham County Zone 7b, 8a Cherokee County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Cherryville Zone 7b Chimney Rock Village Zone 6a, 7a, 7b China Grove Zone 7b Chocowinity Zone 8a Chowan County Zone 8a Claremont Zone 7b Clarkton Zone 8a Clay County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Clayton Zone 7b, 8a Clemmons Zone 7b Cleveland Zone 7b Cleveland County Zone 6a, 7a, 7b Cliffside Zone 7b Clinton Zone 8a Clyde Zone 6a Coats Zone 8a Cofield Zone 8a Coinjock Zone 8a Colerain Zone 8a Columbia Zone 8a Columbus Zone 7b Columbus County Zone 8a Como Zone 7b Concord Zone 7b Conetoe Zone 8a Connelly Springs Zone 7b Conover Zone 7b Conway Zone 7b Cooleemee Zone 7b Cordova Zone 8a Cornelius Zone 7b Cove City Zone 8a Cove Creek Zone 6a, 6a Cramerton Zone 7b, 8a Craven County Zone 8a Creedmoor Zone 7b Creswell Zone 8a Cricket Zone 7a Crossnore Zone 6a Cullowhee Zone 7a Cumberland County Zone 8a Currituck County Zone 7b, 8a, 8b	K Kannapolis Zone 7b Keener Zone 8a Kelford Zone 7b Kelly Zone 8a Kenansville Zone 8a Kenly Zone 8a Kernersville Zone 7b Kill Devil Hills Zone 8b King Zone 7a, 7b Kings Grant Zone 8a Kings Mountain Zone 7b Kingstown Zone 7b Kinston Zone 8a Kittrell Zone 7b Kitty Hawk Zone 8b Knightdale Zone 7b Kure Beach Zone 8a	S Salem Zone 7b Salemburg Zone 8a Salisbury Zone 7b Saluda Zone 7b Salvo Zone 8b Sampson County Zone 8a Sandy Creek Zone 8a Sandyfield Zone 8a Sanford Zone 7b Saratoga Zone 8a Sawmills Zone 7b Saxapahaw Zone 7b Scotch Meadows Zone 8a Scotland County Zone 7b, 8a Scotland Neck Zone 7b Sea Breeze Zone 8a Seaboard Zone 7b Seagrove Zone 7b Sedalia Zone 7b Selma Zone 8a Seven Devils Zone 6a Seven Lakes Zone 8a Seven Springs Zone 8a Severn Zone 7b Shallotte Zone 8a Shannon Zone 8a Sharpsburg Zone 8a Shelby Zone 7b Siler City Zone 7b Silver City Zone 7b Silver Lake Zone 8a Simpson Zone 8a Sims Zone 8a Skippers Corner Zone 8a Smithfield Zone 8a Sneads Ferry Zone 8a Snow Hill Zone 8a South Henderson Zone 7b South Mills Zone 8a South Rosemary Zone 7b South Weldon Zone 7b Southern Pines Zone 8a Southern Shores Zone 8b Southmont Zone 7b Southport Zone 8a Sparta Zone 6a Speed Zone 7b Spencer Zone 7b Spencer Mountain Zone 7b Spivey's Corner Zone 8a Spring Hope Zone 7b Spring Lake Zone 8a Spruce Pine Zone 6a St. Helena Zone 8a St. James Zone 8a St. Pauls Zone 8a St. Stephens Zone 7b Staley Zone 7b Stallings Zone 7b Stanfield Zone 7b Stanley Zone 7b Stanly County Zone 7b, 8a Stantonsburg Zone 8a Star Zone 7b Statesville Zone 7b Stedman Zone 8a Stem Zone 7b Stokes Zone 8a Stokes County Zone 6a, 7a, 7b Stokesdale Zone 7b Stoneville Zone 7b Stonewall Zone 8a Stony Point Zone 7b Stovall Zone 7b Sugar Mountain Zone 6a Summerfield Zone 7b Sunbury Zone 7b Sunset Beach Zone 8a Surf City Zone 8a Surry County Zone 6a, 7a, 7b Swain County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Swan Quarter Zone 8a Swannanoa Zone 6a, 7a Swansboro Zone 8a Swepsonville Zone 7b Sylva Zone 7a
D Dallas Zone 7b Dana Zone 7a, 7b Danbury Zone 7a Davidson Zone 7b Davidson County Zone 7b Davie County Zone 7b Davis Zone 8b Deercroft Zone 8a Delco Zone 8a Dellview Zone 7b Delway Zone 8a Denton Zone 7b Denver Zone 7b Dillsboro Zone 7a Dobbins Heights Zone 7b Dobson Zone 7a Dortches Zone 7b Dover Zone 8a Drexel Zone 7b Dublin Zone 8a Duck Zone 8b Dundarrach Zone 8a Dunn Zone 8a Duplin County Zone 8a Durham Zone 7b Durham County Zone 7b	L La Grange Zone 8a Lake Junaluska Zone 6a Lake Lure Zone 7a, 7b Lake Norman of Catawba Zone 7b Lake Park Zone 7b Lake Royale Zone 7b Lake Santeetlah Zone 7a Lake Waccamaw Zone 8a Landis Zone 7b Lansing Zone 6a Lasker Zone 7b Lattimore Zone 7b Laurel Hill Zone 8a Laurel Park Zone 7a, 7b Laurinburg Zone 8a Lawndale Zone 7b Lee County Zone 7b, 8a Leggett Zone 7b Lenoir Zone 7b Lenoir County Zone 8a Lewiston Woodville Zone 7b Lewisville Zone 7b Lexington Zone 7b Liberty Zone 7b Light Oak Zone 7b Lilesville Zone 8a Lillington Zone 8a Lincoln County Zone 7b Lincolnton Zone 7b Linden Zone 8a Littleton Zone 7b Locust Zone 7b Long View Zone 7b Louisburg Zone 7b Love Valley Zone 7b Lowell Zone 7b Lowesville Zone 7b Lowgap Zone 7a Lucama Zone 8a Lumber Bridge Zone 8a Lumberton Zone 8a	T Tabor City Zone 8a Tar Heel Zone 8a Tarboro Zone 7b, 8a Taylorsville Zone 7b Taylortown Zone 8a Teachey Zone 8a Thomasville Zone 7b Toast Zone 7a Tobaccoville Zone 7b Topsail Beach Zone 8a Transylvania County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b Trent Woods Zone 8a Trenton Zone 8a Trinity Zone 7b Troutman Zone 7b Troy Zone 7b Tryon Zone 7b, 8a Turkey Zone 8a Tyro Zone 7b Tyrrell County Zone 8a
E Earl Zone 7b East Arcadia Zone 8a East Bend Zone 7b East Flat Rock Zone 7a, 7b East Laurinburg Zone 8a East Rockingham Zone 8a East Spencer Zone 7b Eastover Zone 8a Eden Zone 7b Edenton Zone 8a Edgecombe County Zone 7b, 8a Edneyville Zone 7a Efland Zone 7b Elizabeth City Zone 8a Elizabethtown Zone 8a Elk Park Zone 6a Elkin Zone 7a Ellenboro Zone 7b Ellerbe Zone 8a Elm City Zone 8a Elon Zone 7b Elrod Zone 8a Elroy Zone 8a Emerald Isle Zone 8a Enfield Zone 7b Engelhard Zone 8a Enochville Zone 7b Erwin Zone 8a Etowah Zone 7a Eureka Zone 8a Everetts Zone 8a Evergreen Zone 8a	M Macclesfield Zone 8a Macon Zone 7b Macon County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Madison Zone 7b Madison County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a Maggie Valley Zone 6a, 6a Magnolia Zone 8a Maiden Zone 7b Mamers Zone 7b Manns Harbor Zone 8b Manteo Zone 8b Mar-Mac Zone 8a Marble Zone 7a Marietta Zone 8a Marion Zone 7b Mars Hill Zone 7a Marshall Zone 7a Marshallberg Zone 8b Marshville Zone 8a Martin County Zone 7b, 8a Marvin Zone 8a Matthews Zone 7b Maury Zone 8a Maxton Zone 8a Mayodan Zone 7b Maysville Zone 8a McAdenville Zone 8a McDonald Zone 8a McDowell County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b McFarlan Zone 8a McLeansville Zone 7b Mebane Zone 7b Mecklenburg County Zone 7b, 8a Mesic Zone 8a Micro Zone 8a Middleburg Zone  Middlesex Zone 7b Midland Zone 7b Midway Zone 7b Millers Creek Zone 7a Millingport Zone 7b Mills River Zone 7a Milton Zone 7b Mineral Springs Zone 8a Minnesott Beach Zone 8a Mint Hill Zone 7b Misenheimer Zone 7b Mitchell County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Mocksville Zone 7b Momeyer Zone 7b Moncure Zone 7b Monroe Zone 7b, 8a Montgomery County Zone 7b, 8a Montreat Zone 6a Moore County Zone 7b, 8a Mooresboro Zone 7b Mooresville Zone 7b Moravian Falls Zone 7a Morehead City Zone 8a Morganton Zone 7b Morrisville Zone 7b Morven Zone 8a Mount Airy Zone 7a Mount Gilead Zone 8a Mount Holly Zone 7b, 8a Mount Olive Zone 8a Mount Pleasant Zone 7b Mountain Home Zone 7a Mountain View Zone 7b Moyock Zone 8a Mulberry Zone 7a Murfreesboro Zone 7b Murphy Zone 7a Murraysville Zone 8a Myrtle Grove Zone 8a	U Union County Zone 7b, 8a Unionville Zone 7b, 8a
F Fair Bluff Zone 8a Fairfield Zone 8a Fairfield Harbour Zone 8a Fairmont Zone 8a Fairplains Zone 7a Fairview Zone 7a Fairview Zone 7b, 8a Faison Zone 8a Faith Zone 7b Falcon Zone 8a Falkland Zone 8a Fallston Zone 7b Farmville Zone 8a Fayetteville Zone 8a Fearrington Village Zone 7b Five Points Zone 7b, 8a Flat Rock Zone 7a, 7b Flat Rock Zone 7a Fletcher Zone 7a Fontana Dam Zone  Forest City Zone 7b Forest Hills Zone  Forest Oaks Zone 7b Forsyth County Zone 7b Foscoe Zone 6a, 6a Fountain Zone 8a Four Oaks Zone 8a Foxfire Zone 8a Franklin Zone 7a Franklin County Zone 7b Franklinton Zone 7b Franklinville Zone 7b Fremont Zone 8a Frisco Zone 8b Fruitland Zone 7a, 7b Fuquay-Varina Zone 7b	N Nags Head Zone 8b Nash County Zone 7b, 8a Nashville Zone 7b, 8a Navassa Zone 8a Neuse Forest Zone 8a New Bern Zone 8a New Hanover County Zone 8a New London Zone 7b Newland Zone 6a Newport Zone 8a Newton Zone 7b Newton Grove Zone 8a Norlina Zone 7b Norman Zone 7b North Topsail Beach Zone 8a North Wilkesboro Zone 7a Northampton County Zone 7b Northchase Zone 8a Northlakes Zone 7b Northwest Zone 8a Norwood Zone 8a	V Valdese Zone 7b Valle Crucis Zone 6a, 6a Valley Hill Zone 7a Vance County Zone 7a, 7b Vanceboro Zone 8a Vandemere Zone 8a Vander Zone 8a Vann Crossroads Zone 8a Varnamtown Zone 8a Vass Zone 8a
G Gamewell Zone 7b Garland Zone 8a Garysburg Zone 7b Gaston Zone 7b Gaston County Zone 7b, 8a Gastonia Zone 7b, 8a Gates County Zone 7b, 8a Gatesville Zone 8a Germanton Zone 7b Gerton Zone 6a, 7a Gibson Zone 8a Gibsonville Zone 7b Glen Alpine Zone 7b Glen Raven Zone 7b Glenville Zone 6a Gloucester Zone 8a Godwin Zone 8a Goldsboro Zone 8a Goldston Zone 7b Gorman Zone 7b Graham Zone 7b Graham County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a Grandfather Zone 6a Granite Falls Zone 7b Granite Quarry Zone 7b Grantsboro Zone 8a Granville County Zone 7a, 7b Green Level Zone 7b Greene County Zone 8a Greenevers Zone 8a Greensboro Zone 7b Greenville Zone 8a Grifton Zone 8a Grimesland Zone 8a Grover Zone 7b Guilford County Zone 7b Gulf Zone 7b	O Oak City Zone 7b Oak Island Zone 8a Oak Ridge Zone 7b Oakboro Zone 7b Ocean Isle Beach Zone 8a Ocracoke Zone 8b Ogden Zone 8a Old Fort Zone 7b Old Hundred Zone 8a Onslow County Zone 8a Orange County Zone 7b Oriental Zone 8a Orrum Zone 8a Ossipee Zone 7b Outer Banks Dare County Zone 8a, 8b, 9a Outer Banks Hyde County Zone 8a, 8b Oxford Zone 7b	W Waco Zone 7b Wade Zone 8a Wadesboro Zone 8a Wagram Zone 8a Wake County Zone 7b, 8a Wake Forest Zone 7b Wakulla Zone 8a Walkertown Zone 7b Wallace Zone 8a Wallburg Zone 7b Walnut Cove Zone 7a, 7b Walnut Creek Zone 8a Walstonburg Zone 8a Wanchese Zone 8b Warren County Zone 7b Warrenton Zone 7b Warsaw Zone 8a Washington Zone 8a Washington County Zone 8a Washington Park Zone 8a Watauga County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Watha Zone 8a Waves Zone 8b Waxhaw Zone 8a Wayne County Zone 8a Waynesville Zone 6a Weaverville Zone 7a Webster Zone 7a Weddington Zone 7b, 8a Welcome Zone 7b Weldon Zone 7b Wendell Zone 7b Wentworth Zone 7b Wesley Chapel Zone 7b, 8a West Canton Zone 6a West Jefferson Zone 6a West Marion Zone 7b Westport Zone 7b Whispering Pines Zone 8a Whitakers Zone 7b White Lake Zone 8a White Oak Zone 8a White Plains Zone 7a Whiteville Zone 8a Whitsett Zone 7b Wilkes County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b Wilkesboro Zone 7a Williamston Zone 8a Wilmington Zone 8a Wilson Zone 8a Wilson County Zone 7b, 8a Wilson's Mills Zone 8a Windsor Zone 8a Winfall Zone 8a Wingate Zone 8a Winston-Salem Zone 7b Winterville Zone 8a Winton Zone 8a Woodfin Zone 7a Woodland Zone 7b Woodlawn Zone 7b Wrightsboro Zone 8a Wrightsville Beach Zone 8a
H Half Moon Zone 8a Halifax Zone 7b Halifax County Zone 7b Hallsboro Zone 8a Hamilton Zone 8a Hamlet Zone 7b, 8a Hampstead Zone 8a Harkers Island Zone 8a Harmony Zone 7b Harnett County Zone 7b, 8a Harrells Zone 8a Harrellsville Zone 8a Harrisburg Zone 7b Hassell Zone 8a Hatteras Zone 8b Havelock Zone 8a Haw River Zone 7b Hayesville Zone 7a Hays Zone 7a Haywood County Zone 5a, 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Hemby Bridge Zone 7b Henderson Zone 7a, 7b Henderson County Zone 6a, 6a, 7a, 7b Hendersonville Zone 7a Henrietta Zone 7b Hertford Zone 8a Hertford County Zone 7b, 8a Hickory Zone 7b Hiddenite Zone 7b High Point Zone 7b High Shoals Zone 7b Highlands Zone 6a Hightsville Zone 8a Hildebran Zone 7b Hillsborough Zone 7b Hobgood Zone 7b Hobucken Zone 8a Hoffman Zone 7b, 8a Hoke County Zone 7b, 8a Holden Beach Zone 8a Hollister Zone 7b Holly Ridge Zone 8a Holly Springs Zone 7b Hookerton Zone 8a Hoopers Creek Zone 7a Hope Mills Zone 8a Horse Shoe Zone 7a Hot Springs Zone 7a Hudson Zone 7b Huntersville Zone 7b	P Pamlico County Zone 8a Pantego Zone 8a Parkton Zone 8a Pasquotank County Zone 7b, 8a Patterson Springs Zone 7b Peachland Zone 8a Peletier Zone 8a Pembroke Zone 8a Pender County Zone 8a Perquimans County Zone 8a Person County Zone 7a, 7b Pikeville Zone 8a Pilot Mountain Zone 7a Pine Knoll Shores Zone 8a Pine Level Zone 8a Pinebluff Zone 8a Pinehurst Zone 8a Pinetops Zone 8a Pinetown Zone 8a Pineville Zone 7b, 8a Piney Green Zone 8a Pink Hill Zone 8a Pinnacle Zone 7a, 7b Pitt County Zone 8a Pittsboro Zone 7b Plain View Zone 8a Pleasant Garden Zone 7b Pleasant Hill Zone 7a Plymouth Zone 8a Polk County Zone 7a, 7b, 8a Polkton Zone 8a Polkville Zone 7b Pollocksville Zone 8a Porters Neck Zone 8a Potters Hill Zone 8a Powellsville Zone  Princeton Zone 8a Princeville Zone 7b Proctorville Zone 8a Prospect Zone 8a Pumpkin Center Zone 8a	Y Yadkin County Zone 7a, 7b Yadkinville Zone 7b Yancey County Zone 5a, 6a, 6a, 7a Yanceyville Zone 7b Youngsville Zone 7b Z Zebulon Zone 7b