Moselle, Mississippi, sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b — a zone band wide enough that plant choice, not possibility, is the interesting question.
These conditions suit cabbage, fig, california poppy, and collard greens — a starting list any specific site will trim or extend with its own soil, sun, and drainage.
Even in Moselle, 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 Moselle lot. Enter your address and we'll score 1,086 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Moselle — the short answer
Moselle, Mississippi: USDA zone 8b, about 281 days between hard freezes, across 1K acres of town.
- USDA zone
- 8b
- USDA PHZM 2023
- Last hard freeze (28°F)
- Feb 19
- Jones County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- First hard freeze (28°F)
- Nov 27
- Jones County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Days between freezes
- ~281
- Jones County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Town area
- 1K 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 Jones County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.
Hardiness Zone Range
Zone 8b is Moselle's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Moselle's 281-day season, see what your own ground reads.
Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.
What this means for growing in Moselle
Each reading below is measured for Moselle itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.
Season length
From county recordsMoselle runs about 281 days between hard freezes (read from Jones County, the closest normal to Moselle) — 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
MeasuredMoselle sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b.
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 Moselle is in
Moselle sits in the Southeastern Plains — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Moselle's own centroid rather than borrowed from Jones County.
What Grows in Moselle
Every plant below cleared Moselle's own zone 8b and its 281-day season. Each card opens that plant's Mississippi profile. How we score.
Is it too late to plant in Moselle?
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 22; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Feb 19 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Nov 27 — 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 Moselle
Closest first, within ~10 miles of Moselle. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.
- Bryant's Seed & FeedUnderground Storage Tanks · 2300 ft
- Blossman Gas CompanyUnderground Storage Tanks · 2300 ft
- Robinson GroceryUnderground Storage Tanks · 2400 ft
- We 3 GroceryUnderground Storage Tanks · 2600 ft
- Owens Brothers Stock FarmUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.5 mi
- Crosby Backhoe ServiceUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.5 mi
- Moselle TexacoUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.5 mi
- 067N0012 JONESNitrate · 0.5 mi
- I U Terminal PropertiesUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
- Shelton CurbUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
- Keith's Superstore #115Underground Storage Tanks · 0.7 mi
- Moselle Elementary SchoolUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.8 mi
6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map
Measured from Moselle'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 Moselle.
Total Sites
119
within ~10 miles of Moselle
Risk Level
Elevated
Highest-severity
2 Superfund sites (none NPL-listed)
Sources Checked
within ~10 miles of Moselle
Severity Distribution
within ~10 miles of Moselle
Highest-Severity Sites
A note from Gnorman
What an experienced grower watches for around here
In and around Moselle, Toxics Release Inventory runs higher than the national average — 9 sites within ~10 miles of Moselle. That's not a problem with your land — it's information about it.
Toxics Release Inventory: TRI facilities report annual chemical releases to air, water, and land.
Check prevailing wind direction — downwind parcels face higher exposure than upwind or crosswind locations.
Check your specific parcel in Moselle
Get exact proximity distances to contamination sources for your specific parcel — plus soil, sun, drainage, and 1,086 plant recommendations.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Moselle average
Your land is one point inside Moselle
Everything above resolves to Moselle as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 1K acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Jones 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 Moselle Average
Moselle Average
- ●USDA Zones 8b, averaged across Moselle
- ●One soil character for all of Moselle
- ●Frost dates read at Moselle's scale: Feb 19 to Nov 27
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact zone, not Moselle's 8b
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your specific parcel in Moselle
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in Moselle, Mississippi — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your lot that Moselle averages can't show:
We read public map data around Moselle — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Moselle average
How we know this about Moselle
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 Jones 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 Moselle
When does frost risk typically end in Moselle?
The last hard freeze (28°F) in Moselle typically lands around Feb 19, 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 12.
When is the first frost in Moselle?
The first hard freeze (28°F) in Moselle typically arrives around Nov 27, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 13, so the watching starts about Oct 28 — about 281 days after the spring freeze cleared.
How long is the growing season in Moselle?
Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Moselle sees about 281 frost-free days — roughly Feb 19 through Nov 27, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Mar 12 to Nov 13, about 246 days.
Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Moselle?
The federal record around Moselle is a meaningful one — 119 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (72), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.4 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.
How do I protect my plants from frost in Moselle?
From about Oct 28 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 Nov 27 (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 Nov 27. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.
Everything above is measured at Moselle's scale — its 8b band and its 281-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Moselle'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 Moselle’s own scale
5 of the readings below were taken at Moselle's own scale — the 1,058 acres it covers and 119 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.
Measured here
- Moselle's own USDA hardiness band, zones 8bUSDA PHZM 2023
- 119 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Moselle, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.4 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
- Moselle's boundary and the 1,058 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
- Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 8b and a ~281-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
- The ecoregion at Moselle's own centroid, the Southeastern PlainsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
Inherited from a wider read
- The 28°F hard-freeze dates — Moselle has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Jones County
- Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Moselle's 1,058 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Jones County
- Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Jones County
- The growing challenges every Mississippi grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Mississippi
- Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Jones County
What this page can’t tell you
- The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Moselle's 1,058 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
- Which side of Moselle you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 1,058 acresreading your own microclimate →
- How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.4 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 Moselle-wide figureread your own land →
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