Axson, Georgia, sits in USDA hardiness zone 9a — a band that supports both cool-season staples and warm-season crops chosen to fit the local frost window.
These conditions suit artichoke, fig, california poppy, and cabbage — a starting list any specific site will trim or extend with its own soil, sun, and drainage.
Even in Axson, no two yards are alike.
A low spot, a south-facing slope, or a stand of trees moves the frost date and sun across a single Axson lot. Enter your address and we'll score 1,086 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Axson — the short answer
Axson, Georgia: USDA zone 9a, about 291 days between hard freezes, across 963 acres of town.
- USDA zone
- 9a
- USDA PHZM 2023
- Last hard freeze (28°F)
- Feb 15
- Atkinson County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- First hard freeze (28°F)
- Dec 3
- Atkinson County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Days between freezes
- ~291
- Atkinson County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Town area
- 963 acres
- US Census TIGER/Line 2025
Every figure names the dataset it came from. No 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid, so the hard-freeze dates are Atkinson County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.
Hardiness Zone Range
Zone 9a is Axson's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Axson's 291-day season, see what your own ground reads.
Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.
What this means for growing in Axson
Each reading below is measured for Axson itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.
Season length
From county recordsAxson runs about 291 days between hard freezes (read from Atkinson County, the closest normal to Axson) — close to year-round growing.
Frost is rarely the limit here; winter plantings are as real as summer ones, and the harder question is which crops shrug off the summer heat.
Grow cool-season crops through the mild winter, and choose heat-tolerant varieties for the summer beds.
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
Winter hardiness
MeasuredAxson sits in USDA hardiness zone 9a.
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 Axson is in
Axson sits in the Southern Coastal Plain — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Axson's own centroid rather than borrowed from Atkinson County.
What Grows in Axson
Every plant below cleared Axson's own zone 9a and its 291-day season. Each card opens that plant's Georgia profile. How we score.
Is it too late to plant in Axson?
For most of the year, no — what changes is which crops still fit the days remaining. Cool-season crops can go in from around Jan 18; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Feb 15 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Dec 3 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. And with a calendar this mild, the honest answer is that planting barely stops — winter opens seasons colder regions never see.
What's on the federal record near Axson
Closest first, within ~10 miles of Axson. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.
- SUNNY FOOD MARTUnderground Storage Tanks · 1800 ft
- MILLWOOD MINI MARTUnderground Storage Tanks · 2.7 mi
- 23J006Nitrate · 3.3 mi
- MATHEWS SVC STAUnderground Storage Tanks · 5.6 mi
- CITY SVC STAUnderground Storage Tanks · 5.6 mi
- ENDP-N-SAW\GA PACIFIC/PEARSON WOUnderground Storage Tanks · 5.6 mi
- HUEYS COUNTRY STOREUnderground Storage Tanks · 5.8 mi
- 24H001Nitrate · 5.9 mi
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP PEARSON TREATING PLANTToxics Release Inventory · 6.4 mi
- 24H002Nitrate · 6.8 mi
- CITY OF PEARSONUnderground Storage Tanks · 7.4 mi
- GA FORESTRY COMMUnderground Storage Tanks · 7.4 mi
6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map
Measured from Axson'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 Axson.
Total Sites
42
within ~10 miles of Axson
Risk Level
Low
Highest-severity
3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities
Sources Checked
within ~10 miles of Axson
Severity Distribution
within ~10 miles of Axson
Highest-Severity Sites
A note from Gnorman
What an experienced grower watches for around here
In and around Axson, two things run higher than the national average within ~10 miles of Axson — Toxics Release Inventory (3 sites) and Underground Storage Tanks (28 sites). Knowing it is half the work — and it's nothing a thoughtful grower can't plan for.
Toxics Release Inventory: TRI facilities report annual chemical releases to air, water, and land.
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground storage tanks are the single most common source of soil contamination near homes and gardens.
Check prevailing wind direction — downwind parcels face higher exposure than upwind or crosswind locations.
Use raised beds with imported soil — this eliminates the primary soil-contact pathway.
Check your specific parcel in Axson
Get exact proximity distances to contamination sources for your specific parcel — plus soil, sun, drainage, and 1,086 plant recommendations.
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Your land is one point inside Axson
Everything above resolves to Axson as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 963 acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Atkinson County’s record because no 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid. 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 Axson Average
Axson Average
- ●USDA Zones 9a, averaged across Axson
- ●One soil character for all of Axson
- ●Frost dates read at Axson's scale: Feb 15 to Dec 3
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact zone, not Axson's 9a
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your specific parcel in Axson
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in Axson, Georgia — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your lot that Axson averages can't show:
We read public map data around Axson — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Axson average
How we know this about Axson
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 at Atkinson County’s record, because none resolves here; 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 Axson
When does frost risk typically end in Axson?
The last hard freeze (28°F) in Axson typically lands around Feb 15, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — earlier than the light-frost dates most charts quote. That marks the hard freeze, not the last light frost — lighter frosts keep biting past it, which is why tender transplants here wait until about Mar 8.
When is the first frost in Axson?
The first hard freeze (28°F) in Axson typically arrives around Dec 3, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 19, so the watching starts about Nov 3 — about 291 days after the spring freeze cleared.
How long is the growing season in Axson?
Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Axson sees about 291 frost-free days — roughly Feb 15 through Dec 3, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Mar 8 to Nov 19, about 256 days.
Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Axson?
The federal record around Axson is light — 42 documented sites across the 9 federal source types we checked, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (28), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.3 miles out — and proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard. Growing food here starts from a strong position; a soil test before new food beds settles any site-specific question.
How do I protect my plants from frost in Axson?
From about Nov 3 the job here turns from planting to protecting — the last start even a 30-day crop can finish. As the season closes around the first 28°F hard freeze near Dec 3 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals), three moves buy time: row cover or an old sheet over tender plants on still, clear nights; water the soil the afternoon before a freeze, so it holds warmth overnight; and harvest tomatoes, peppers and basil before Dec 3. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.
Everything above is measured at Axson's scale — its 9a band and its 291-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Axson'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 Axson’s own scale
5 of the readings below were taken at Axson's own scale — the 963 acres it covers and 42 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.
Measured here
- Axson's own USDA hardiness band, zones 9aUSDA PHZM 2023
- 42 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Axson, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.3 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
- Axson's boundary and the 963 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
- Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 9a and a ~291-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
- The ecoregion at Axson's own centroid, the Southern Coastal PlainUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
Inherited from a wider read
- The 28°F hard-freeze dates — Axson has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Atkinson County
- Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Axson's 963 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Atkinson County
- Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Atkinson County
- The growing challenges every Georgia grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Georgia
- Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Atkinson County
What this page can’t tell you
- The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Axson's 963 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
- Which side of Axson you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 963 acresreading your own microclimate →
- How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.3 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 Axson-wide figureread your own land →
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