What Grows in Weston, Florida

USDA Zones 10b · 16K acres

Weston, 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.

Crops well matched to these conditions include artichoke, meyer lemon, california poppy, and cabbage — though what thrives on any one site still turns on its specific soil, sun, and drainage.

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Weston — the short answer

Weston, Florida: USDA zone 10b, no 28°F killing freeze on record — the season is year-round, across 16K acres of city.

USDA zone
10b
USDA PHZM 2023
Killing freeze
None on record
NOAA RCC ACIS 1991–2020, this town’s own record
City area
16K 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 Weston's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Weston'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 Weston

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

Winter hardiness

Measured

Weston 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 Weston is in

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

What that means for soil

What Grows in Weston

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

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

What's on the federal record near Weston

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

  1. BROWARD COUNTY TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCBrownfields · 0.7 mi
  2. CITY OF WESTON PUBLIC WORKSUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.9 mi
  3. BAPTIST HEALTH URGENT CARE WESTONBrownfields · 1.0 mi
  4. AMOCO SERVICE STATION #60194Brownfields · 1.1 mi
  5. CVS PHARMACY #5083Brownfields · 1.2 mi
  6. PUBLIX SUPER MARKET #583Brownfields · 1.3 mi
  7. SHELL-FIRST COAST ENERGY #1832Underground Storage Tanks · 1.3 mi
  8. FL POWER & LIGHT CO-WINGATEUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.3 mi
  9. PUBLIX SUPER MARKET #759Brownfields · 1.4 mi
  10. BELLSOUTH TEL INC #E4507Underground Storage Tanks · 1.4 mi
  11. WESTON CITY-EMERG OPR CTRUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.5 mi
  12. BELLSOUTH FTLDFLWN E4507Brownfields · 1.5 mi

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

Measured from Weston'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 Weston.

Total Sites

737

within ~10 miles of Weston

Risk Level

Elevated

Highest-severity

3 Superfund sites

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Weston

High5Moderate309Low423

Highest-Severity Sites

City of Weston (Indian Trace)
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Davie Landfill
Superfund · Superfund NPL
Lauderhill, City of
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Pembroke Pines, City of
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Sunrise Southwest
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected

A note from Gnorman

What an experienced grower watches for around here

In and around Weston, PFAS runs higher than the national average — 8 sites within ~10 miles of Weston. It's not cause for alarm — it's worth knowing, and there's a sensible way to grow around it.

PFAS: PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are called "forever chemicals" because they do not biodegrade.

Test irrigation water source — this is the primary pathway for PFAS to reach garden crops.

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Your land is one point inside Weston

Everything above resolves to Weston as a whole — one PHZM band and one 28°F frost record, read across 16K 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 city 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 Weston Average

Weston Average

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

YOUR Parcel

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

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

Your soil pHYour frost-free daysYour sun & shade

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

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

How we know this about Weston

The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this city’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 city grain anywhere on this page — there is no city-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 Weston

Is it too late to plant in Weston?

No — Weston 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 Weston?

It doesn't — Weston 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 Weston?

Year-round — the 1991–2020 station record for Weston 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 Weston?

The federal record around Weston is a meaningful one — 737 documented sites, mostly Brownfields entries (306), the nearest Brownfields record about 0.7 miles 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 Weston's scale — its 10b band and its no killing freeze on record. Your yard writes its own version of Weston'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 Weston’s own scale

6 of the readings below were taken at Weston's own scale — the 15,731 acres it covers and 737 documented sites around it; 4 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Weston's own USDA hardiness band, zones 10bUSDA PHZM 2023
  • No 28°F killing freeze in the 30-year station record covering Weston — a year-round growing seasonNOAA Regional Climate Centers ACIS, 1991-2020
  • 737 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Weston, the closest Brownfields record about 0.7 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Weston's boundary and the 15,731 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear Weston's hardiness zoneGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • The ecoregion at Weston'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 Weston's 15,731 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Broward County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Broward 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 Broward County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Weston's 15,731 acreswhy one lot differs from the next
  • Which side of Weston you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 15,731 acresreading your own microclimate
  • How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Brownfields record about 0.7 miles 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 Weston-wide figureread your own land
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