What Grows in Mangonia Park, Florida

USDA Zones 10b · 479 acres

Mangonia Park, Florida, sits in USDA hardiness zone 10b — a band that supports both cool-season staples and warm-season crops chosen to fit the local frost window.

Well-matched crops include artichoke, meyer lemon, california poppy, and cabbage, and the gap between "grows in the area" and "grows in your yard" is closed by soil, sun, and drainage.

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Even in Mangonia Park, no two yards are alike.

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Mangonia Park — the short answer

Mangonia Park, Florida: USDA zone 10b, no 28°F killing freeze on record — the season is year-round, across 479 acres of town.

USDA zone
10b
USDA PHZM 2023
Killing freeze
None on record
NOAA RCC ACIS 1991–2020, this town’s own record
Town area
479 acres
US Census TIGER/Line 2025

Every figure names the dataset it came from. The year-round finding is measured — a 30-year record with no 28°F killing freeze in it — never inferred from missing dates.

Hardiness Zone Range

10b10b
3a (Cold)13b (Hot)

Zone 10b is Mangonia Park's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Mangonia Park's no killing freeze on record, see what your own ground reads.

Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.

What this means for growing in Mangonia Park

Each reading below is measured for Mangonia Park itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.

Winter hardiness

Measured

Mangonia Park sits in USDA hardiness zone 10b.

The zone sets which perennials, shrubs, and fruit trees live through an average winter here — a plant rated for a colder zone is a safe bet, one rated warmer needs winter protection or gets treated as an annual.

Match perennials and fruit to the zone before you buy, so nothing you plant is a gamble against the cold.

USDA PHZM 2023

The kind of country Mangonia Park is in

Mangonia Park sits in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain — EPA Level III, inside the wider Tropical Wet Forests. That is read at Mangonia Park's own centroid rather than borrowed from Palm Beach County.

What that means for soil

What Grows in Mangonia Park

Every plant below cleared Mangonia Park's own zone 10b. Each card opens that plant's Florida profile. How we score.

artichoke, photograph
Growing artichoke in FloridaZones 7–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Meyer lemon, photograph
Florida meyer lemon guideZones 9–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 1 zone of cold margin.
California poppy, photograph
California poppy in FloridaZones 6–10Mangonia Park's 10b — 4 zones of cold margin.
cabbage, photograph
Cabbage: Florida growing notesZones 2–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
avocado, photograph
Growing avocado in FloridaZones 9–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 1 zone of cold margin.
rosemary, photograph
Florida rosemary guideZones 8–10Mangonia Park's 10b — 2 zones of cold margin.
collard greens, photograph
Collard greens in FloridaZones 2–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
banana, photograph
Banana: Florida growing notesZones 9–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 1 zone of cold margin.
ashwagandha, photograph
Growing ashwagandha in FloridaZones 8–12Mangonia Park's 10b — 2 zones of cold margin.
kale, photograph
Florida kale guideZones 2–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
citrus, photograph
Citrus in FloridaZones 9–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 1 zone of cold margin.
potato, photograph
Potato: Florida growing notesZones 2–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
garlic, photograph
Growing garlic in FloridaZones 2–10Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
cassava, photograph
Florida cassava guideZones 8–12Mangonia Park's 10b — 2 zones of cold margin.
eggplant, photograph
Eggplant in FloridaZones 2–12Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
lantana, photograph
Lantana: Florida growing notesZones 10–11Mangonia Park's 10b is its exact cold limit.
begonia, photograph
Growing begonia in FloridaZones 10–11Mangonia Park's 10b is its exact cold limit.
Apache plume, photograph
Florida apache plume guideZones 5–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 5 zones of cold margin.
black-eyed Susan vine, photograph
Black-eyed Susan vine in FloridaZones 10–11Mangonia Park's 10b is its exact cold limit.
plumeria, photograph
Plumeria: Florida growing notesZones 10–12Mangonia Park's 10b is its exact cold limit.
salvia, photograph
Growing salvia in FloridaZones 2–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 8 zones of cold margin.
holly, photograph
Florida holly guideZones 5–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 5 zones of cold margin.
bougainvillea, photograph
Bougainvillea in FloridaZones 9–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 1 zone of cold margin.
mountain laurel, photograph
Mountain laurel: Florida growing notesZones 5–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 5 zones of cold margin.
moringa, photograph
Growing moringa in FloridaZones 9–12Mangonia Park's 10b — 1 zone of cold margin.
Vuda blue grass, photograph
Florida vuda blue grass guideZones 8–13Mangonia Park's 10b — 2 zones of cold margin.
ajuga, photograph
Ajuga in FloridaZones 5–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 5 zones of cold margin.
palo verde, photograph
Palo verde: Florida growing notesZones 8–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 2 zones of cold margin.
cogon grass, photograph
Growing cogon grass in FloridaZones 8–13Mangonia Park's 10b — 2 zones of cold margin.
liriope, photograph
Florida liriope guideZones 5–11Mangonia Park's 10b — 5 zones of cold margin.

What's on the federal record near Mangonia Park

Closest first, within ~10 miles of Mangonia Park. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.

  1. SERRAES CONSTRUCTION GEN CONTRACT INCUnderground Storage Tanks · 250 ft
  2. MARTINO FURNITURE REFINISHINGBrownfields · 300 ft
  3. MURRAY BROTHERS INCBrownfields · 350 ft
  4. WILLIE'S TRANSFER & STORAGEUnderground Storage Tanks · 500 ft
  5. MCCASLIN PROJECTS CORPORATIONBrownfields · 550 ft
  6. RIVIERA BEACH TABLEBrownfields · 650 ft
  7. TRUGREEN & CHEMLAWNBrownfields · 650 ft
  8. PALM BEACH JAI ALAIUnderground Storage Tanks · 700 ft
  9. AMERICAN AERIAL LIFTUnderground Storage Tanks · 750 ft
  10. BURCK OIL CO INCUnderground Storage Tanks · 800 ft
  11. LOOMIS FARGO & COUnderground Storage Tanks · 850 ft
  12. COASTAL FUELS MARKETING INCUnderground Storage Tanks · 900 ft

6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map

Measured from Mangonia Park's center, not your beds. Run your own address for what's upwind of you specifically.

Environmental Intelligence

The counts behind that headline — every source type on the record near Mangonia Park.

Total Sites

2,249

within ~10 miles of Mangonia Park

Risk Level

Elevated

Highest-severity

9 Superfund sites

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Mangonia Park

High5Moderate582Low1,662

Highest-Severity Sites

Bmi-Textron
Superfund · Superfund NPL
Palm Springs, Village of
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Riviera Beach Utility District, City of
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Trans Circuits, INC.
Superfund · Superfund NPL
West Palm Beach Wtp
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected

Know Before You Grow

  • Underground tanks leak petroleum as they age — near a former filling station, test the soil.
  • Near a brownfield, raised beds of imported soil give your food clean ground.
  • On a private well, test for nitrates: above 10 mg/L the water needs treatment before irrigating.
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Your land is one point inside Mangonia Park

Everything above resolves to Mangonia Park as a whole — one PHZM band and one 28°F frost record, read across 479 acres. Your parcel is one point inside that footprint. Slope, tree cover, a low spot that pools cold air, and what is in the soil are all resolved at the address, and none of them are visible at town scale. That is the honest boundary of this page, and the reason the next step is a reading of your own ground rather than a better local average.

Your Lot vs the Mangonia Park Average

Mangonia Park Average

  • USDA Zones 10b, averaged across Mangonia Park
  • One soil character for all of Mangonia Park
  • State-average frost dates

YOUR Parcel

  • Your exact zone, not Mangonia Park's 10b
  • Your SSURGO soil type & pH
  • Your sun exposure, cast in 3D

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Three things about your lot that Mangonia Park averages can't show:

Your soil pHYour frost-free daysYour sun & shade

We read public map data around Mangonia Park — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.

25+ data sources read at your address, not the Mangonia Park average

How we know this about Mangonia Park

The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this town’s own centroid; hard-freeze dates from NOAA 1991–2020 28°F normals, with the labelled statewide window where none resolves; boundaries and acreage from US Census TIGER/Line 2025; the contamination records from the federal sources named in their beats above. Soil is not read at town grain anywhere on this page — there is no town-resolution survey in our data, which is why you will find no soil grid here rather than a statewide one wearing a local label. The resolution ledger below names every figure this page inherited.

Common questions about Mangonia Park

Is it too late to plant in Mangonia Park?

No — Mangonia Park has no 28°F killing freeze in the 30-year station record, so the growing season is year-round and there is no last-frost date to wait for. Planting is paced by rainfall, heat and daylength instead of by frost: start heat-lovers any month, and time cool-season crops (lettuce, brassicas, peas) for the cooler, wetter half of the year or for higher ground. Succession sowing every few weeks works all year, so the limit is what you can keep watered and harvested, not the calendar.

When does frost risk typically end in Mangonia Park?

It doesn't — Mangonia Park records no 28°F killing freeze at all across the 1991–2020 station record, so there is no spring frost date to plant after. Cold still matters with elevation: the higher you garden, the cooler the nights, and a few tropical crops sulk below about 60°F even where they never freeze.

How long is the growing season in Mangonia Park?

Year-round — the 1991–2020 station record for Mangonia Park contains no 28°F killing freeze, so there is no season to measure between freezes. What paces planting instead is heat, rainfall and daylength: the hottest, wettest stretch is the hard part for cool-season crops, not winter. Elevation is the one real exception — the higher you garden, the colder the nights get.

Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Mangonia Park?

The federal record around Mangonia Park is a meaningful one — 2,249 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (1,144), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out — so a soil test before new food beds is a sensible precaution here, not a reason to hold back from growing. Remember that proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; the contamination map shows exactly what sits where.

Everything above is measured at Mangonia Park's scale — its 10b band and its no killing freeze on record. Your yard writes its own version of Mangonia Park's numbers: we read soil, sun, drainage and frost at your exact address. Try it for 14 days — no card required.

What this page reads at Mangonia Park’s own scale

6 of the readings below were taken at Mangonia Park's own scale — the 479 acres it covers and 2,249 documented sites around it; 4 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Mangonia Park's own USDA hardiness band, zones 10bUSDA PHZM 2023
  • No 28°F killing freeze in the 30-year station record covering Mangonia Park — a year-round growing seasonNOAA Regional Climate Centers ACIS, 1991-2020
  • 2,249 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Mangonia Park, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Mangonia Park's boundary and the 479 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear Mangonia Park's hardiness zoneGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • The ecoregion at Mangonia Park's own centroid, the Southern Florida Coastal PlainUS EPA Level III Ecoregions

Inherited from a wider read

  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Mangonia Park's 479 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Palm Beach County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Palm Beach County
  • The growing challenges every Florida grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Florida
  • Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Palm Beach County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Mangonia Park's 479 acreswhy one lot differs from the next
  • Which side of Mangonia Park you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 479 acresreading your own microclimate
  • How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out, measured from the town centrehow we read the record
  • Where cold air settles, which slopes face the sun, and which way the wind runs on your own ground — measured at your address, and averaged away by any Mangonia Park-wide figureread your own land
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