What Grows in Iroquois Point, Hawaii

USDA Zones 12b · 520 acres

Iroquois Point, Hawaii, sits in USDA hardiness zone 12b — a range where zone-matched perennials and frost-aware annual timing set what succeeds.

Among the crops suited to this profile: cassava, starfruit, allspice, and eggplant. The site-level story — soil, sun, drainage — decides the rest.

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Iroquois Point — the short answer

Iroquois Point, Hawaii: USDA zone 12b, no 28°F killing freeze in Honolulu County’s record — the season is year-round, across 520 acres of town.

USDA zone
12b
USDA PHZM 2023
Killing freeze
None on record
Honolulu County normal — NOAA RCC ACIS 1991–2020, nearest to this town
Town area
520 acres
US Census TIGER/Line 2025

Every figure names the dataset it came from. The year-round finding is measured — Honolulu County’s 30-year record, the closest to this town, contains no 28°F killing freeze — never inferred from missing dates.

Hardiness Zone Range

12b12b
3a (Cold)13b (Hot)

Zone 12b is Iroquois Point's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Iroquois Point'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 Iroquois Point

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

Season length

From county records

Iroquois Point has no station of its own, and Honolulu County’s 30-year record — the closest to it — carries no 28°F killing freeze at all — 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

Measured

Iroquois Point sits in USDA hardiness zone 12b.

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

What Grows in Iroquois Point

Every plant below cleared Iroquois Point's own zone 12b and its 365-day season. Each card opens that plant's Hawaii profile. How we score.

cassava, photograph
Growing cassava in HawaiiZones 8–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 4 zones of cold margin.
starfruit, photograph
Hawaii starfruit guideZones 10–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
allspice, photograph
Allspice in HawaiiZones 10–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
eggplant, photograph
Eggplant: Hawaii growing notesZones 2–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 10 zones of cold margin.
mangosteen, photograph
Growing mangosteen in HawaiiZones 11–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 1 zone of cold margin.
ashwagandha, photograph
Hawaii ashwagandha guideZones 8–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 4 zones of cold margin.
ginger, photograph
Ginger in HawaiiZones 8–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 4 zones of cold margin.
pineapple, photograph
Pineapple: Hawaii growing notesZones 10–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
cinnamon, photograph
Growing cinnamon in HawaiiZones 10–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
kangkong, photograph
Hawaii kangkong guideZones 9–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 3 zones of cold margin.
coffee senna, photograph
Coffee senna in HawaiiZones 12–13Iroquois Point's 12b is its exact cold limit.
potato yam, photograph
Potato yam: Hawaii growing notesZones 9–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 3 zones of cold margin.
sugar cane, photograph
Growing sugar cane in HawaiiZones 9–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 3 zones of cold margin.
turmeric, photograph
Hawaii turmeric guideZones 8–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 4 zones of cold margin.
white yam, photograph
White yam in HawaiiZones 10–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
plumeria, photograph
Plumeria: Hawaii growing notesZones 10–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
dahlia (pinnata), photograph
Growing dahlia (pinnata) in HawaiiIroquois Point's 365 days clear the ~90 it needs.
Nootka rose, photograph
Hawaii nootka rose guideZones 8–13Iroquois Point's 12b — 4 zones of cold margin.
cypress vine, photograph
Cypress vine in HawaiiZones 11–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 1 zone of cold margin.
anthurium, photograph
Anthurium: Hawaii growing notesZones 11–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 1 zone of cold margin.
sunflower, photograph
Growing sunflower in HawaiiZones 2–11Iroquois Point's 365 days clear the ~70 it needs.
brittlebush, photograph
Hawaii brittlebush guideZones 10–13Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
amaranth, photograph
Amaranth in HawaiiZones 2–11Iroquois Point's 365 days clear the ~30 it needs.
annual dianthus, photograph
Annual dianthus: Hawaii growing notesZones 2–11Iroquois Point's 365 days clear the ~60 it needs.
moringa, photograph
Growing moringa in HawaiiZones 9–12Iroquois Point's 12b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Mackie's pest, photograph
Hawaii mackie's pest guideZones 10–13Iroquois Point's 12b — 2 zones of cold margin.
dichondra, photograph
Dichondra in Hawaii
Japanese mint, photograph
Japanese mint: Hawaii growing notesZones 11–13Iroquois Point's 12b — 1 zone of cold margin.
Vuda blue grass, photograph
Growing vuda blue grass in HawaiiZones 8–13Iroquois Point's 12b — 4 zones of cold margin.
dichondra (micrantha), photograph
Hawaii dichondra (micrantha) guideIroquois Point's 365 days clear the ~200 it needs.

What's on the federal record near Iroquois Point

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

  1. NEX Iroquois Point Gas StationUnderground Storage Tanks · 1600 ft
  2. PUULOA FIRING RANGESuperfund · 0.5 mi
  3. USAF EWA BEACH TRANSMITTING SITEBrownfields · 0.5 mi
  4. PUULOA FIRING RANGEToxics Release Inventory · 0.5 mi
  5. KEAHI CENTRAL OFFICEUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
  6. NAVAL MAGAZINE LUALUALEI - WEST LOCH BRANCHUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
  7. US MARINE CORPS PUULOA TRAINING FACILITYToxics Release Inventory · 0.7 mi
  8. US MARINE CORPS PUULOA TRAINING FACILITYBrownfields · 0.7 mi
  9. KSSK-FM TRANSMITTER SITEUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.0 mi
  10. EWA BEACH PROFESSIONAL CENTERUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.1 mi
  11. FAA - EWA BEACH HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER SITEUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.2 mi
  12. EWA BEACH GOLF CLUB MAINTENANCEUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.3 mi

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

Measured from Iroquois Point'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 Iroquois Point.

Total Sites

2,031

within ~10 miles of Iroquois Point

Risk Level

Elevated

Highest-severity

47 Superfund sites

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Iroquois Point

High3Moderate382Low1,646

Highest-Severity Sites

Hnl-Windward-Pearl Harbor
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex
Superfund · Superfund NPL
Waipahu-Ewa-Waianae
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
3-1849-16 Wilder W-2 (W36-B), Oahu, Hi
Nitrate Monitoring · Well
3-1849-16 Wilder W-2 (W36-B), Oahu, Hi
Nitrate Monitoring · Well

A note from Gnorman

What an experienced grower watches for around here

In and around Iroquois Point, Superfund runs higher than the national average — 47 sites within ~10 miles of Iroquois Point. That's not a problem with your land — it's information about it.

Superfund: Superfund sites represent the most severe contamination in the federal system.

Commission professional soil testing before any food production (test for heavy metals, VOCs, and SVOCs).

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Your land is one point inside Iroquois Point

Everything above resolves to Iroquois Point as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 520 acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Honolulu 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 Iroquois Point Average

Iroquois Point Average

  • USDA Zones 12b, averaged across Iroquois Point
  • One soil character for all of Iroquois Point
  • State-average frost dates

YOUR Parcel

  • Your exact zone, not Iroquois Point's 12b
  • Your SSURGO soil type & pH
  • Your sun exposure, cast in 3D

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

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How we know this about Iroquois Point

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 Honolulu 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 Iroquois Point

Is it too late to plant in Iroquois Point?

No — Iroquois Point has no station of its own, and Honolulu County's 30-year record, the closest to it, holds no 28°F killing freeze, 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 Iroquois Point?

It doesn't — Iroquois Point has no station of its own, and the 1991–2020 record for Honolulu County, the nearest to it, carries no 28°F killing freeze at all, 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 Iroquois Point?

Year-round — Iroquois Point has no station of its own, and the 1991–2020 record for Honolulu County, the closest to it, 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 Iroquois Point?

The federal record around Iroquois Point is a meaningful one — 2,031 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (1,128), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.3 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 Iroquois Point's scale — its 12b band and its no killing freeze on record. Your yard writes its own version of Iroquois Point'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 Iroquois Point’s own scale

4 of the readings below were taken at Iroquois Point's own scale — the 520 acres it covers and 2,031 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Iroquois Point's own USDA hardiness band, zones 12bUSDA PHZM 2023
  • 2,031 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Iroquois Point, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.3 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Iroquois Point's boundary and the 520 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 12b and a ~365-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine

Inherited from a wider read

  • The frost finding — Iroquois Point has no station of its own, and its county's 30-year record contains no 28°F killing freeze at allfrom Honolulu County
  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Iroquois Point's 520 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Honolulu County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Honolulu County
  • The growing challenges every Hawaii grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Hawaii
  • Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Honolulu County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Iroquois Point's 520 acreswhy one lot differs from the next
  • Which side of Iroquois Point you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 520 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 Iroquois Point-wide figureread your own land
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