What Grows in Lake Lakengren, Ohio

USDA Zones 6a · 2K acres

Lake Lakengren, Ohio, sits in USDA hardiness zone 6a — a zone band wide enough that plant choice, not possibility, is the interesting question.

Well-matched crops include cabbage, hazelnut, lavender, and collard greens, and the gap between "grows in the area" and "grows in your yard" is closed by soil, sun, and drainage.

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Lake Lakengren — the short answer

Lake Lakengren, Ohio: USDA zone 6a, about 203 days between hard freezes, across 2K acres of town.

USDA zone
6a
USDA PHZM 2023
Last hard freeze (28°F)
Apr 10
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
First hard freeze (28°F)
Oct 30
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Days between freezes
~203
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Town area
2K 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 Lake Lakengren's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Lake Lakengren's 203-day season, see what your own ground reads.

Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.

What this means for growing in Lake Lakengren

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

Season length

Measured

Lake Lakengren runs about 203 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

Lake Lakengren 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 Lake Lakengren is in

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

What that means for soil

What Grows in Lake Lakengren

Every plant below cleared Lake Lakengren's own zone 6a and its 203-day season. Each card opens that plant's Ohio profile. How we score.

cabbage, photograph
Growing cabbage in OhioZones 2–11Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
hazelnut, photograph
Ohio hazelnut guideZones 4–9Lake Lakengren's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
lavender, photograph
Lavender in OhioZones 5–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 1 zone of cold margin.
collard greens, photograph
Collard greens: Ohio growing notesZones 2–11Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
blueberry, photograph
Growing blueberry in OhioZones 3–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
California poppy, photograph
Ohio california poppy guideZones 6–10Lake Lakengren's 6a is its exact cold limit.
garlic, photograph
Garlic in OhioZones 2–10Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
blackberry, photograph
Blackberry: Ohio growing notesZones 5–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 1 zone of cold margin.
St. Johns wort, photograph
Growing st. johns wort in OhioZones 3–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
kale, photograph
Ohio kale guideZones 2–11Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
cranberry, photograph
Cranberry in OhioZones 2–7Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
Turkish rocket, photograph
Turkish rocket: Ohio growing notesLake Lakengren's 203 days clear the ~90 it needs.
lentil, photograph
Growing lentil in OhioZones 2–11Lake Lakengren's 203 days clear the ~70 it needs.
okra, photograph
Ohio okra guideZones 2–12Lake Lakengren's 203 days clear the ~50 it needs.
potato, photograph
Potato in OhioZones 2–11Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
hosta, photograph
Hosta: Ohio growing notesZones 3–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
sunflower, photograph
Growing sunflower in OhioZones 2–11Lake Lakengren's 203 days clear the ~70 it needs.
azalea, photograph
Ohio azalea guideZones 4–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
hops, photograph
Hops in OhioZones 3–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
iris, photograph
Iris: Ohio growing notesZones 3–10Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
French marigold, photograph
Growing french marigold in OhioLake Lakengren's 203 days clear the ~50 it needs.
lilac, photograph
Ohio lilac guideZones 4–10Lake Lakengren's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
American bittersweet, photograph
American bittersweet in OhioZones 3–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
tulip, photograph
Tulip: Ohio growing notesZones 6–8Lake Lakengren's 6a is its exact cold limit.
American elm, photograph
Growing american elm in OhioZones 3–9Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.
Ethiopian mustard, photograph
Ohio ethiopian mustard guideZones 4–10Lake Lakengren's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
Kentucky bluegrass, botanical illustration
Kentucky bluegrass in OhioZones 2–7Lake Lakengren's 6a — 4 zones of cold margin.
Douglas fir, photograph
Douglas fir: Ohio growing notesZones 4–10Lake Lakengren's 6a — 2 zones of cold margin.
alfalfa, photograph
Growing alfalfa in OhioZones 2–10Lake Lakengren's 203 days clear the ~100 it needs.
Canada wild rye, photograph
Ohio canada wild rye guideZones 3–8Lake Lakengren's 6a — 3 zones of cold margin.

Is it too late to plant in Lake Lakengren?

Too late for some crops, right on time for others — a growing season is a sequence, not a deadline. Cool-season crops can go in from around Mar 13; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Apr 10 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Oct 30 — 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 Lake Lakengren

Survey cells within 31 miles of Lake Lakengren checked for spotted lanternfly, none carrying a detection — a surveyed negative, not an absence of looking. Nearest documented record 35 miles off. What to watch for.

What's on the federal record near Lake Lakengren

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

  1. LAKENGREN PROPERTY OWNERSUnderground Storage Tanks · 400 ft
  2. LAKENGREN MARINEUnderground Storage Tanks · 400 ft
  3. PR-200 MIAM NAWQA SUS WELL MCD-9Nitrate · 1.1 mi
  4. VALERO FARM MARKETUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.3 mi
  5. JOHN R. CAMPBELLUnderground Storage Tanks · 2.3 mi
  6. PREBLE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILLUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.6 mi
  7. OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL POSTUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.6 mi
  8. AT&TUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.6 mi
  9. ODOT EATON/40' PITCH OUTPOSTUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.8 mi
  10. FRED GREENUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.8 mi
  11. WOOD PROPANEUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.9 mi
  12. DOLLAR GENERAL STORE #10852Brownfields · 3.9 mi

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

Measured from Lake Lakengren'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 Lake Lakengren.

Total Sites

133

within ~10 miles of Lake Lakengren

Risk Level

Moderate

Highest-severity

7 Toxics Release Inventory facilities

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Underground Storage Tanks75Brownfields36Nitrate14Toxics Release Inventory7PFAS1

Sources Checked

within ~10 miles of Lake Lakengren

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Lake Lakengren

High0Moderate40Low93

Highest-Severity Sites

Beoddy Mara-Mart North
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Beoddy Mara-Mart South
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Brubaker Grain & Chemical
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Camden Crossing (Bp)
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Camden Food Mart
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.
Explore the contamination map around Lake Lakengren·Ohio Growing Guide
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Your land is one point inside Lake Lakengren

Everything above resolves to Lake Lakengren as a whole — one PHZM band and one 28°F frost record, read across 2K 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 Lake Lakengren Average

Lake Lakengren Average

  • ●USDA Zones 6a, averaged across Lake Lakengren
  • ●One soil character for all of Lake Lakengren
  • ●Frost dates read at Lake Lakengren's scale: Apr 10 to Oct 30

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

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

Your soil pHYour frost-free days — Lake Lakengren averages 203Your sun & shade

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

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How we know this about Lake Lakengren

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 Lake Lakengren’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 Lake Lakengren

When does frost risk typically end in Lake Lakengren?

The last hard freeze (28°F) in Lake Lakengren typically lands around Apr 10, 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 May 1.

When is the first frost in Lake Lakengren?

The first hard freeze (28°F) in Lake Lakengren typically arrives around Oct 30, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Oct 16, so the watching starts about Sep 30 — about 203 days after the spring freeze cleared.

How long is the growing season in Lake Lakengren?

Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Lake Lakengren sees about 203 frost-free days — roughly Apr 10 through Oct 30, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer May 1 to Oct 16, about 168 days.

Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Lake Lakengren?

The federal record around Lake Lakengren shows 133 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (75), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile 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 Lake Lakengren?

From about Sep 30 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 Oct 30 (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 Oct 30. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.

Everything above is measured at Lake Lakengren's scale — its 6a band and its 203-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Lake Lakengren'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 Lake Lakengren’s own scale

7 of the readings below were taken at Lake Lakengren's own scale — its own ~203-day season between 28°F freezes, the 1,830 acres it covers and 133 documented sites around it; 4 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Lake Lakengren's own USDA hardiness band, zones 6aUSDA PHZM 2023
  • Lake Lakengren's own 28°F hard-freeze dates, about Apr 10 and Oct 30 and the ~203-day span between themNOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
  • 133 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Lake Lakengren, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Lake Lakengren's boundary and the 1,830 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 6a and a ~203-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • The ecoregion at Lake Lakengren's own centroid, the Eastern Corn Belt PlainsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
  • Lanternfly survey cells around Lake Lakengren checked, none carrying a detectionlydemapr (De Bona & Helmus), 10 km survey lattice

Inherited from a wider read

  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Lake Lakengren's 1,830 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Preble County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Preble 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 Preble County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Lake Lakengren's 1,830 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
  • Which side of Lake Lakengren you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 1,830 acresreading your own microclimate →
  • How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile 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 Lake Lakengren-wide figureread your own land →
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Preble County Growing Guide·Ohio Growing Guide

Wider growing context

What grows across Ohio

Lake Lakengren 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