The Florida Keys spans USDA hardiness zone 10b — a zone band wide enough that plant choice, not possibility, is the interesting question.
A frost-free coral archipelago of thin alkaline soils where tropical fruit and container gardens replace conventional ground beds. Expect mango, tomato, orange, and sweet potato to be strong candidates here; the deciding factors on any one parcel stay local — soil, sun, and drainage.
The Florida Keys spans Florida.
Your yard isn't the whole Florida Keys.
The Florida Keys spans USDA zones 10b, 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
10b
States
1
Counties
1
Defined by
Counties
Hardiness Zone Range
What Grows in the Florida Keys
Plants matched to the Florida Keys's USDA zones 10b — each links to its full growing profile.
Native Plants Suited to the Florida Keys
US-native plants (USDA PLANTS, Lower 48) whose hardiness range overlaps the Florida Keys’s USDA zones 10b. 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 Florida Keys — 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 Florida Keys 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 Florida Keys Average
- ●USDA Zones 10b
- ●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 Florida Keys
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in the Florida Keys — 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 Florida Keys
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 10b (USDA PHZM 2023, aggregated across the region)
- States: Florida
- Counties covered: 1
- 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 Florida Keys?
The Florida Keys spans USDA hardiness zones 10b, 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 Florida Keys?
The Florida Keys's conditions suit plants such as Mango, Tomato, Orange, Sweet Potato, Banana, Hibiscus. 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 Florida Keys cover?
The Florida Keys spans Florida. Each state's full growing guide is linked below.