What Grows in Warr Acres, Oklahoma

USDA Zones 7b · 2K acres

Warr Acres, Oklahoma, sits in USDA hardiness zone 7b — a range where zone-matched perennials and frost-aware annual timing set what succeeds.

Reliable performers under these conditions include cabbage, prickly pear, california poppy, and collard greens; what your own ground favors still comes down to its soil, sun, and drainage.

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Warr Acres — the short answer

Warr Acres, Oklahoma: USDA zone 7b, about 247 days between hard freezes, across 2K acres of city.

USDA zone
7b
USDA PHZM 2023
Last hard freeze (28°F)
Mar 14
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
First hard freeze (28°F)
Nov 16
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Days between freezes
~247
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
City 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

7b7b
3a (Cold)13b (Hot)

Zone 7b is Warr Acres's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Warr Acres's 247-day season, see what your own ground reads.

Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.

What this means for growing in Warr Acres

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

Season length

Measured

Warr Acres runs about 247 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.

NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals

Winter hardiness

Measured

Warr Acres sits in USDA hardiness zone 7b.

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 Warr Acres is in

Warr Acres sits in the Central Great Plains — EPA Level III, inside the wider Great Plains. That is read at Warr Acres's own centroid, and it is not what its county reads: Oklahoma County is mostly Cross Timbers. The wider page above you is answering a different question about different ground.

What that means for soil

What Grows in Warr Acres

Every plant below cleared Warr Acres's own zone 7b and its 247-day season. Each card opens that plant's Oklahoma profile. How we score.

cabbage, photograph
Growing cabbage in OklahomaZones 2–11Warr Acres's 7b — 5 zones of cold margin.
prickly pear, photograph
Oklahoma prickly pear guideZones 5–10Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.
California poppy, photograph
California poppy in OklahomaZones 6–10Warr Acres's 7b — 1 zone of cold margin.
collard greens, photograph
Collard greens: Oklahoma growing notesZones 2–11Warr Acres's 7b — 5 zones of cold margin.
fig, photograph
Growing fig in OklahomaZones 6–10Warr Acres's 7b — 1 zone of cold margin.
lavender, photograph
Oklahoma lavender guideZones 5–8Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.
garlic, photograph
Garlic in OklahomaZones 2–10Warr Acres's 7b — 5 zones of cold margin.
grape, photograph
Grape: Oklahoma growing notesZones 6–9Warr Acres's 7b — 1 zone of cold margin.
Turkish rocket, photograph
Growing turkish rocket in OklahomaWarr Acres's 247 days clear the ~90 it needs.
kale, photograph
Oklahoma kale guideZones 2–11Warr Acres's 7b — 5 zones of cold margin.
hazelnut, photograph
Hazelnut in OklahomaZones 4–9Warr Acres's 7b — 3 zones of cold margin.
lentil, photograph
Lentil: Oklahoma growing notesZones 2–11Warr Acres's 247 days clear the ~70 it needs.
pawpaw, photograph
Growing pawpaw in OklahomaZones 5–9Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.
okra, photograph
Oklahoma okra guideZones 2–12Warr Acres's 247 days clear the ~50 it needs.
potato, photograph
Potato in OklahomaZones 2–11Warr Acres's 7b — 5 zones of cold margin.
iris, photograph
Iris: Oklahoma growing notesZones 3–10Warr Acres's 7b — 4 zones of cold margin.
sunflower, photograph
Growing sunflower in OklahomaZones 2–11Warr Acres's 247 days clear the ~70 it needs.
Apache plume, photograph
Oklahoma apache plume guideZones 5–11Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.
hops, photograph
Hops in OklahomaZones 3–8Warr Acres's 7b — 4 zones of cold margin.
hosta, photograph
Hosta: Oklahoma growing notesZones 3–8Warr Acres's 7b — 4 zones of cold margin.
French marigold, photograph
Growing french marigold in OklahomaWarr Acres's 247 days clear the ~50 it needs.
holly, photograph
Oklahoma holly guideZones 5–11Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.
Virginia creeper, photograph
Virginia creeper in OklahomaZones 3–9Warr Acres's 7b — 4 zones of cold margin.
tulip, photograph
Tulip: Oklahoma growing notesZones 6–8Warr Acres's 7b — 1 zone of cold margin.
Douglas fir, photograph
Growing douglas fir in OklahomaZones 4–10Warr Acres's 7b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Ethiopian mustard, photograph
Oklahoma ethiopian mustard guideZones 4–10Warr Acres's 7b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Kentucky bluegrass, botanical illustration
Kentucky bluegrass in OklahomaZones 2–7Warr Acres's 7b — 5 zones of cold margin.
redbud, photograph
Redbud: Oklahoma growing notesZones 5–11Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.
Japanese millet, photograph
Growing japanese millet in OklahomaZones 5–10Warr Acres's 247 days clear the ~45 it needs.
ajuga, photograph
Oklahoma ajuga guideZones 5–11Warr Acres's 7b — 2 zones of cold margin.

Is it too late to plant in Warr Acres?

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 Feb 14; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Mar 14 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Nov 16 — 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.

What's on the federal record near Warr Acres

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

  1. Tune Up Masters #1220Underground Storage Tanks · 1200 ft
  2. 7 Eleven #22Underground Storage Tanks · 1300 ft
  3. Quik MartUnderground Storage Tanks · 1500 ft
  4. Star Fuel #1049Underground Storage Tanks · 1500 ft
  5. City Of Warr AcresUnderground Storage Tanks · 2300 ft
  6. Sooner Stop MartUnderground Storage Tanks · 2400 ft
  7. Ron's Total ServiceUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.5 mi
  8. 12N-04W-15 BCA 1Nitrate · 0.6 mi
  9. 12N-04W-09 CDD 1Nitrate · 0.6 mi
  10. BEST CLEANERS #33001Brownfields · 0.6 mi
  11. Circle K Store #1780Underground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
  12. Phillips 66 Co #23851Underground Storage Tanks · 0.7 mi

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

Measured from Warr Acres'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 Warr Acres.

Total Sites

2,752

within ~10 miles of Warr Acres

Risk Level

High

Highest-severity

14 Superfund sites

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Warr Acres

High10Moderate789Low1,953

Highest-Severity Sites

Bethany
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Deer Creek Rural Water Corp
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Del City
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
Double Eagle Refinery CO.
Superfund · Superfund NPL
Fourth Street Abandoned Refinery
Superfund · Superfund NPL

A note from Gnorman

What an experienced grower watches for around here

In and around Warr Acres, Underground Storage Tanks runs higher than the national average — 1,751 sites within ~10 miles of Warr Acres. That's not a problem with your land — it's information about it.

Underground Storage Tanks: Underground storage tanks are the single most common source of soil contamination near homes and gardens.

Use raised beds with imported soil — this eliminates the primary soil-contact pathway.

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Your land is one point inside Warr Acres

Everything above resolves to Warr Acres 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 city 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 Warr Acres Average

Warr Acres Average

  • USDA Zones 7b, averaged across Warr Acres
  • One soil character for all of Warr Acres
  • Frost dates read at Warr Acres's scale: Mar 14 to Nov 16

YOUR Parcel

  • Your exact zone, not Warr Acres's 7b
  • Your SSURGO soil type & pH
  • Your sun exposure, cast in 3D

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

Your soil pHYour frost-free days — Warr Acres averages 247Your sun & shade

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

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How we know this about Warr Acres

The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this city’s own centroid; hard-freeze dates from NOAA 1991–2020 28°F normals at Warr Acres’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 city grain anywhere on this page — there is no city-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 Warr Acres

When does frost risk typically end in Warr Acres?

The last hard freeze (28°F) in Warr Acres typically lands around Mar 14, 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 4.

When is the first frost in Warr Acres?

The first hard freeze (28°F) in Warr Acres typically arrives around Nov 16, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 2, so the watching starts about Oct 17 — about 247 days after the spring freeze cleared.

How long is the growing season in Warr Acres?

Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Warr Acres sees about 247 frost-free days — roughly Mar 14 through Nov 16, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Apr 4 to Nov 2, about 212 days.

Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Warr Acres?

The federal record around Warr Acres runs heavier than most — 2,752 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (1,751), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 miles out — so test the soil before planting food in the ground, and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well in the meantime. Even here, proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; the contamination map shows exactly what's recorded and where.

How do I protect my plants from frost in Warr Acres?

From about Oct 17 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 16 (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 16. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.

Everything above is measured at Warr Acres's scale — its 7b band and its 247-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Warr Acres'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 Warr Acres’s own scale

6 of the readings below were taken at Warr Acres's own scale — its own ~247-day season between 28°F freezes, the 1,794 acres it covers and 2,752 documented sites around it; 4 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Warr Acres's own USDA hardiness band, zones 7bUSDA PHZM 2023
  • Warr Acres's own 28°F hard-freeze dates, about Mar 14 and Nov 16 and the ~247-day span between themNOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
  • 2,752 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Warr Acres, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Warr Acres's boundary and the 1,794 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 7b and a ~247-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • Warr Acres sits in the Central Great Plains — not the ecoregion its county mostly readsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions

Inherited from a wider read

  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Warr Acres's 1,794 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Oklahoma County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Oklahoma County
  • The growing challenges every Oklahoma grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Oklahoma
  • Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Oklahoma County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Warr Acres's 1,794 acreswhy one lot differs from the next
  • Which side of Warr Acres you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 1,794 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 Warr Acres-wide figureread your own land
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