Redland, Texas, sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b — a band that supports both cool-season staples and warm-season crops chosen to fit the local frost window.
Expect cabbage, fig, california poppy, and collard greens to be strong candidates here; the deciding factors on any one parcel stay local — soil, sun, and drainage.
Even in Redland, 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 Redland lot. Enter your address and we'll score 1,086 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Redland — the short answer
Redland, Texas: USDA zone 8b, about 288 days between hard freezes, across 3K acres of town.
- USDA zone
- 8b
- USDA PHZM 2023
- Last hard freeze (28°F)
- Feb 16
- Angelina County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- First hard freeze (28°F)
- Dec 1
- Angelina County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Days between freezes
- ~288
- Angelina County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Town area
- 3K 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 Angelina County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.
Hardiness Zone Range
Zone 8b is Redland's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Redland's 288-day season, see what your own ground reads.
Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.
What this means for growing in Redland
Each reading below is measured for Redland itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.
Season length
From county recordsRedland runs about 288 days between hard freezes (read from Angelina County, the closest normal to Redland) — 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
MeasuredRedland 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 Redland is in
Redland sits in the South Central Plains — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Redland's own centroid rather than borrowed from Angelina County.
What Grows in Redland
Every plant below cleared Redland's own zone 8b and its 288-day season. Each card opens that plant's Texas profile. How we score.
Is it too late to plant in Redland?
Almost never — the real question is what to plant next. Cool-season crops can go in from around Jan 19; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Feb 16 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Dec 1 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. In a climate this gentle, “too late” hardly applies — the question becomes which crops prefer the cooler months ahead.
What's on the federal record near Redland
Closest first, within ~10 miles of Redland. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.
- REDLAND GROCERYUnderground Storage Tanks · 1100 ft
- ENVIROVAC INCBrownfields · 1500 ft
- PSUnderground Storage Tanks · 2400 ft
- TERRA RENEWAL SERVICES INCBrownfields · 0.7 mi
- LOVES TRAVEL STOP 709Underground Storage Tanks · 0.7 mi
- CMC RECYCLINGToxics Release Inventory · 1.5 mi
- CYBERSHIELD OF TEXAS INCToxics Release Inventory · 2.2 mi
- CYBERSHIELD OF TEXAS INCBrownfields · 2.2 mi
- CHROMIUMUnderground Storage Tanks · 2.2 mi
- CHROMIUMSuperfund · 2.3 mi
- CHROMIUMBrownfields · 2.3 mi
- CHROMIUMToxics Release Inventory · 2.3 mi
6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map
Measured from Redland'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 Redland.
Total Sites
295
within ~10 miles of Redland
Risk Level
Elevated
Highest-severity
1 Superfund site (none NPL-listed)
Sources Checked
within ~10 miles of Redland
Severity Distribution
within ~10 miles of Redland
Highest-Severity Sites
A note from Gnorman
What an experienced grower watches for around here
In and around Redland, two things run higher than the national average within ~10 miles of Redland — Toxics Release Inventory (27 sites) and PFAS (3 sites). 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.
PFAS: PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are called "forever chemicals" because they do not biodegrade.
Check prevailing wind direction — downwind parcels face higher exposure than upwind or crosswind locations.
Test irrigation water source — this is the primary pathway for PFAS to reach garden crops.
Check your specific parcel in Redland
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 Redland average
Your land is one point inside Redland
Everything above resolves to Redland as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 3K acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Angelina 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 Redland Average
Redland Average
- ●USDA Zones 8b, averaged across Redland
- ●One soil character for all of Redland
- ●Frost dates read at Redland's scale: Feb 16 to Dec 1
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact zone, not Redland's 8b
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your specific parcel in Redland
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in Redland, Texas — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your lot that Redland averages can't show:
We read public map data around Redland — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Redland average
How we know this about Redland
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 Angelina 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 Redland
When does frost risk typically end in Redland?
The last hard freeze (28°F) in Redland typically lands around Feb 16, 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 9.
When is the first frost in Redland?
The first hard freeze (28°F) in Redland typically arrives around Dec 1, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 17, so the watching starts about Nov 1 — about 288 days after the spring freeze cleared.
How long is the growing season in Redland?
Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Redland sees about 288 frost-free days — roughly Feb 16 through Dec 1, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Mar 9 to Nov 17, about 253 days.
Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Redland?
The federal record around Redland is a meaningful one — 295 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (206), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 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 Redland?
From about Nov 1 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 Dec 1 (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 Dec 1. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.
Everything above is measured at Redland's scale — its 8b band and its 288-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Redland'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 Redland’s own scale
5 of the readings below were taken at Redland's own scale — the 2,639 acres it covers and 295 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.
Measured here
- Redland's own USDA hardiness band, zones 8bUSDA PHZM 2023
- 295 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Redland, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.2 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
- Redland's boundary and the 2,639 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
- Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 8b and a ~288-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
- The ecoregion at Redland's own centroid, the South Central PlainsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
Inherited from a wider read
- The 28°F hard-freeze dates — Redland has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Angelina County
- Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Redland's 2,639 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Angelina County
- Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Angelina County
- The growing challenges every Texas grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Texas
- Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Angelina County
What this page can’t tell you
- The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Redland's 2,639 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
- Which side of Redland you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 2,639 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 Redland-wide figureread your own land →
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