What Grows in Jeffersonville, Ohio

USDA Zones 6a · 1K acres

Jeffersonville, Ohio, sits in USDA hardiness zone 6a — a range where zone-matched perennials and frost-aware annual timing set what succeeds.

A short list that earns its place here — cabbage, hazelnut, lavender, and collard greens — with any one site's soil, sun, and drainage making the final cut.

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A low spot, a south-facing slope, or a stand of trees moves the frost date and sun across a single Jeffersonville lot. Enter your address and we'll score 1,086 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.

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Jeffersonville — the short answer

Jeffersonville, Ohio: USDA zone 6a, about 214 days between hard freezes, across 1K acres of town.

USDA zone
6a
USDA PHZM 2023
Last hard freeze (28°F)
Apr 5
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
First hard freeze (28°F)
Nov 5
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Days between freezes
~214
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Town area
1K acres
US Census TIGER/Line 2025

Every figure names the dataset it came from. Hard-freeze dates are this town’s own 28°F normals: light frosts run a few weeks past them, and tender transplants usually wait 2–3 weeks after the last hard freeze.

Hardiness Zone Range

6a6a
3a (Cold)13b (Hot)
Your USDA zone 6aSee the zone map →

Zone 6a is Jeffersonville's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Jeffersonville's 214-day season, see what your own ground reads.

Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.

What this means for growing in Jeffersonville

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

Season length

Measured

Jeffersonville runs about 214 days between hard freezes — a long growing season.

There is slack for succession plantings and slow-finishing crops: many vegetables can be sown twice, and the heat-lovers have time to ripen fully.

Plan a second sowing of quick crops after the first comes out, and use the fall window most gardeners let sit idle.

Making the most of a long season

NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals

Winter hardiness

Measured

Jeffersonville sits in USDA hardiness zone 6a.

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.

How hardiness zones work

USDA PHZM 2023

The kind of country Jeffersonville is in

Jeffersonville sits in the Eastern Corn Belt Plains — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Jeffersonville's own centroid rather than borrowed from Fayette County.

What that means for soil

What Grows in Jeffersonville

Every plant below cleared Jeffersonville's own zone 6a and its 214-day season. Each card opens that plant's Ohio profile. How we score.

cabbage, photograph
Growing cabbage in OhioZones 2–11Jeffersonville's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
hazelnut, photograph
Ohio hazelnut guideZones 4–9Jeffersonville's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
lavender, photograph
Lavender in OhioZones 5–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 1 zone of cold margin.
collard greens, photograph
Collard greens: Ohio growing notesZones 2–11Jeffersonville's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
blueberry, photograph
Growing blueberry in OhioZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
California poppy, photograph
Ohio california poppy guideZones 6–10Jeffersonville's 6a is its exact cold limit.
garlic, photograph
Garlic in OhioZones 2–10Jeffersonville's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
apple, photograph
Apple: Ohio growing notesZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
St. Johns wort, photograph
Growing st. johns wort in OhioZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
kale, photograph
Ohio kale guideZones 2–11Jeffersonville's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
pear, photograph
Pear in OhioZones 4–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
Turkish rocket, photograph
Turkish rocket: Ohio growing notesJeffersonville's 214 days clear the ~90 it needs.
lentil, photograph
Growing lentil in OhioZones 2–11Jeffersonville's 214 days clear the ~70 it needs.
okra, photograph
Ohio okra guideZones 2–12Jeffersonville's 214 days clear the ~50 it needs.
potato, photograph
Potato in OhioZones 2–11Jeffersonville's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
hosta, photograph
Hosta: Ohio growing notesZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
sunflower, photograph
Growing sunflower in OhioZones 2–11Jeffersonville's 214 days clear the ~70 it needs.
azalea, photograph
Ohio azalea guideZones 4–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
hops, photograph
Hops in OhioZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
iris, photograph
Iris: Ohio growing notesZones 3–10Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
French marigold, photograph
Growing french marigold in OhioJeffersonville's 214 days clear the ~50 it needs.
lilac, photograph
Ohio lilac guideZones 4–10Jeffersonville's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
American bittersweet, photograph
American bittersweet in OhioZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
tulip, photograph
Tulip: Ohio growing notesZones 6–8Jeffersonville's 6a is its exact cold limit.
American elm, photograph
Growing american elm in OhioZones 3–9Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
Ethiopian mustard, photograph
Ohio ethiopian mustard guideZones 4–10Jeffersonville's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
Kentucky bluegrass, botanical illustration
Kentucky bluegrass in OhioZones 2–7Jeffersonville's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
Douglas fir, photograph
Douglas fir: Ohio growing notesZones 4–10Jeffersonville's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
alfalfa, photograph
Growing alfalfa in OhioZones 2–10Jeffersonville's 214 days clear the ~100 it needs.
Canada wild rye, photograph
Ohio canada wild rye guideZones 3–8Jeffersonville's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.

Is it too late to plant in Jeffersonville?

Rarely: the season closes in stages, not all at once, and each stage has its crops. Cool-season crops can go in from around Mar 8; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Apr 5 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Nov 5 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. Here the season winds down slowly: late sowings, a real autumn harvest, and garlic in the ground before the first hard freeze.

Documented around Jeffersonville

Spotted lanternfly documented 25 miles from Jeffersonville, first recorded 2023. What to watch for.

What's on the federal record near Jeffersonville

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

  1. PUMP-IT-UPUnderground Storage Tanks · 850 ft
  2. JEFFERSONVILLE BP#6Underground Storage Tanks · 1200 ft
  3. TFO TECH CO LTDBrownfields · 1600 ft
  4. TFO TECH CO LTDToxics Release Inventory · 1600 ft
  5. FAMILY DOLLAR #7380Brownfields · 1800 ft
  6. SHEETZ #759Brownfields · 2300 ft
  7. FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA #698Underground Storage Tanks · 2500 ft
  8. VILLAGE MARATHONUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
  9. WINNER'S JEFFERSONVILLE MARKETUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.7 mi
  10. MAYER FARM EQUIPMENT LLCBrownfields · 1.0 mi
  11. C.B. SHOPUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.1 mi
  12. TRUE NORTH # 757Underground Storage Tanks · 1.1 mi

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

Measured from Jeffersonville'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 Jeffersonville.

Total Sites

86

within ~10 miles of Jeffersonville

Risk Level

Moderate

Highest-severity

3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities

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Underground Storage Tanks48Brownfields30Nitrate4Toxics Release Inventory3PFAS1

Sources Checked

within ~10 miles of Jeffersonville

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Jeffersonville

High0Moderate25Low61

Highest-Severity Sites

Bell'S Service Station
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Flagway #1
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Flagway #11
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Flagway #2
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Flagway #7
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)

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 Jeffersonville

Everything above resolves to Jeffersonville as a whole — one PHZM band and one 28°F frost record, read across 1K 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 Jeffersonville Average

Jeffersonville Average

  • ●USDA Zones 6a, averaged across Jeffersonville
  • ●One soil character for all of Jeffersonville
  • ●Frost dates read at Jeffersonville's scale: Apr 5 to Nov 5

YOUR Parcel

  • ✓Your exact zone, not Jeffersonville's 6a
  • ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
  • ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D

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

Your soil pHYour frost-free days — Jeffersonville averages 214Your sun & shade

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

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How we know this about Jeffersonville

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 Jeffersonville’s own record; 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 Jeffersonville

When does frost risk typically end in Jeffersonville?

The last hard freeze (28°F) in Jeffersonville typically lands around Apr 5, 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 Apr 26.

When is the first frost in Jeffersonville?

The first hard freeze (28°F) in Jeffersonville typically arrives around Nov 5, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Oct 22, so the watching starts about Oct 6 — about 214 days after the spring freeze cleared.

How long is the growing season in Jeffersonville?

Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Jeffersonville sees about 214 frost-free days — roughly Apr 5 through Nov 5, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Apr 26 to Oct 22, about 179 days.

Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Jeffersonville?

The federal record around Jeffersonville shows 86 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (48), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 miles out — a typical footprint for a growing area, and proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard. It's worth seeing which recorded sites sit closest to where you grow, and testing the soil before new food beds near any of them.

How do I protect my plants from frost in Jeffersonville?

From about Oct 6 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 5 (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 5. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.

Everything above is measured at Jeffersonville's scale — its 6a band and its 214-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Jeffersonville'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 Jeffersonville’s own scale

7 of the readings below were taken at Jeffersonville's own scale — its own ~214-day season between 28°F freezes, the 1,089 acres it covers and 86 documented sites around it; 4 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Jeffersonville's own USDA hardiness band, zones 6aUSDA PHZM 2023
  • Jeffersonville's own 28°F hard-freeze dates, about Apr 5 and Nov 5 and the ~214-day span between themNOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
  • 86 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Jeffersonville, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Jeffersonville's boundary and the 1,089 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 6a and a ~214-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • The ecoregion at Jeffersonville's own centroid, the Eastern Corn Belt PlainsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
  • A documented spotted-lanternfly record within reach of Jeffersonvillelydemapr (De Bona & Helmus), 10 km survey lattice

Inherited from a wider read

  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Jeffersonville's 1,089 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Fayette County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Fayette County
  • The growing challenges every Ohio grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Ohio
  • Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Fayette County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Jeffersonville's 1,089 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
  • Which side of Jeffersonville you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 1,089 acresreading your own microclimate →
  • How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 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 Jeffersonville-wide figureread your own land →
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Wider growing context

What grows across Ohio

Jeffersonville sits outside our named growing regions, so Ohio as a whole is its closest context here.

USDA PHZM•NOAA Climate Normals•US Census TIGER•PRISM Climate•EPA FRS