The Kentucky Bluegrass spans USDA hardiness zones 6b-7a — room for a real mix of vegetables, fruit, and perennials matched to the local frost calendar.
Central Kentucky's rolling phosphate-rich limestone soils — famous pasture and tobacco country that also grows excellent vegetables and tree fruit. Growers here do well with pawpaw, tomato, blackberry, and redbud — with the usual caveat that any single yard's soil, sun, and drainage cast the deciding vote.
The Kentucky Bluegrass spans Kentucky.
Your yard isn't the whole Kentucky Bluegrass.
The Kentucky Bluegrass spans USDA zones 6b-7a, but your parcel sits in exactly one — and slope, tree cover, and low spots nudge it further. Enter your address and we'll score 1,112 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Quick Facts
USDA Zones
6b-7a
States
1
Counties
14
Defined by
Counties
Hardiness Zone Range
What Grows in the Kentucky Bluegrass
Plants matched to the Kentucky Bluegrass's USDA zones 6b-7a — each links to its full growing profile.
Native Plants Suited to the Kentucky Bluegrass
US-native plants (USDA PLANTS, Lower 48) whose hardiness range overlaps the Kentucky Bluegrass’s USDA zones 6b-7a. Zone overlap is a starting filter, not a range map — for plants documented native to your county, your state’s Cooperative Extension or a native-plant society is the authority.
Safe to Grow Here?
What the federal record shows across the Kentucky Bluegrass — and how to grow with it.
A growing region spans many local records, and contamination is a per-place fact — not a regional verdict. Nationwide we track 1.8M documented sites across 9 federal source types; open the map outlined to the Kentucky Bluegrass to see exactly what's on record where you grow.
Sources: EPA, USGS — 1.8M documented sites tracked nationwide across 9 federal source types.
Your Specific Parcel Matters
the Kentucky Bluegrass Average
- ●USDA Zones 6b-7a
- ●Generic soil type for the area
- ●State-average frost dates
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact hardiness zone
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your parcel in the Kentucky Bluegrass
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in the Kentucky Bluegrass — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, contamination, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your exact spot that zone averages miss:
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Key Growing Facts for the Kentucky Bluegrass
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 6b-7a (USDA PHZM 2023, aggregated across the region)
- States: Kentucky
- Counties covered: 14
- Region boundary: a cluster of neighboring counties
Zone data: USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023. Region boundary: curated county clusters and EPA Level III ecoregions. County boundaries: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardiness zone is the Kentucky Bluegrass?
The Kentucky Bluegrass spans USDA hardiness zones 6b-7a, aggregated from the USDA Agricultural Research Service Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 across the region's counties. Zones reflect average annual extreme minimum temperatures from 1991–2020 data.
What grows well in the Kentucky Bluegrass?
The Kentucky Bluegrass's conditions suit plants such as Pawpaw, Tomato, Blackberry, Redbud, Kentucky Bluegrass. For site-specific recommendations scored against your parcel's soil, drainage, and sun data, run the Growable Ground report for your address.
Which states does the Kentucky Bluegrass cover?
The Kentucky Bluegrass spans Kentucky. Each state's full growing guide is linked below.