What Grows in Westworth Village, Texas

USDA Zones 8b · 1K acres

Westworth Village, 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.

Growers here do well with cabbage, fig, california poppy, and collard greens — with the usual caveat that any single yard's soil, sun, and drainage cast the deciding vote.

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Westworth Village — the short answer

Westworth Village, Texas: USDA zone 8b, about 292 days between hard freezes, across 1K acres of city.

USDA zone
8b
USDA PHZM 2023
Last hard freeze (28°F)
Feb 14
Tarrant County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
First hard freeze (28°F)
Dec 3
Tarrant County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
Days between freezes
~292
Tarrant County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
City 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 Tarrant County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.

Hardiness Zone Range

8b8b
3a (Cold)13b (Hot)

Zone 8b is Westworth Village's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Westworth Village's 292-day season, see what your own ground reads.

Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.

What this means for growing in Westworth Village

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

Season length

From county records

Westworth Village runs about 292 days between hard freezes (read from Tarrant County, the closest normal to Westworth Village) — 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

Measured

Westworth Village 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 Westworth Village is in

Westworth Village sits in the Cross Timbers — EPA Level III, inside the wider Great Plains. That is read at Westworth Village's own centroid rather than borrowed from Tarrant County.

What that means for soil

What Grows in Westworth Village

Every plant below cleared Westworth Village's own zone 8b and its 292-day season. Each card opens that plant's Texas profile. How we score.

cabbage, photograph
Growing cabbage in TexasZones 2–11Westworth Village's 8b — 6 zones of cold margin.
fig, photograph
Texas fig guideZones 6–10Westworth Village's 8b — 2 zones of cold margin.
California poppy, photograph
California poppy in TexasZones 6–10Westworth Village's 8b — 2 zones of cold margin.
collard greens, photograph
Collard greens: Texas growing notesZones 2–11Westworth Village's 8b — 6 zones of cold margin.
loquat, photograph
Growing loquat in TexasZones 7–10Westworth Village's 8b — 1 zone of cold margin.
rosemary, photograph
Texas rosemary guideZones 8–10Westworth Village's 8b is its exact cold limit.
kale, photograph
Kale in TexasZones 2–11Westworth Village's 8b — 6 zones of cold margin.
pomegranate, photograph
Pomegranate: Texas growing notesZones 7–10Westworth Village's 8b — 1 zone of cold margin.
lavender, photograph
Growing lavender in TexasZones 5–8Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
lentil, photograph
Texas lentil guideZones 2–11Westworth Village's 292 days clear the ~70 it needs.
prickly pear, photograph
Prickly pear in TexasZones 5–10Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
okra, photograph
Okra: Texas growing notesZones 2–12Westworth Village's 292 days clear the ~50 it needs.
almond, photograph
Growing almond in TexasZones 5–9Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
potato, photograph
Texas potato guideZones 2–11Westworth Village's 8b — 6 zones of cold margin.
pumpkin, photograph
Pumpkin in TexasZones 3–11Westworth Village's 292 days clear the ~40 it needs.
iris, photograph
Iris: Texas growing notesZones 3–10Westworth Village's 8b — 5 zones of cold margin.
sunflower, photograph
Growing sunflower in TexasZones 2–11Westworth Village's 292 days clear the ~70 it needs.
Apache plume, photograph
Texas apache plume guideZones 5–11Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
hops, photograph
Hops in TexasZones 3–8Westworth Village's 8b — 5 zones of cold margin.
hosta, photograph
Hosta: Texas growing notesZones 3–8Westworth Village's 8b — 5 zones of cold margin.
French marigold, photograph
Growing french marigold in TexasWestworth Village's 292 days clear the ~50 it needs.
holly, photograph
Texas holly guideZones 5–11Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Carolina jessamine, photograph
Carolina jessamine in TexasZones 7–10Westworth Village's 8b — 1 zone of cold margin.
tulip, photograph
Tulip: Texas growing notesZones 6–8Westworth Village's 8b — 2 zones of cold margin.
redbud, photograph
Growing redbud in TexasZones 5–11Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
pearl millet, photograph
Texas pearl millet guideZones 5–11Westworth Village's 292 days clear the ~60 it needs.
ajuga, photograph
Ajuga in TexasZones 5–11Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Douglas fir, photograph
Douglas fir: Texas growing notesZones 4–10Westworth Village's 8b — 4 zones of cold margin.
phacelia, photograph
Growing phacelia in TexasZones 2–11Westworth Village's 292 days clear the ~100 it needs.
liriope, photograph
Texas liriope guideZones 5–11Westworth Village's 8b — 3 zones of cold margin.

Is it too late to plant in Westworth Village?

Usually not — gardeners here simply switch what goes in the ground as the season moves. Cool-season crops can go in from around Jan 17; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Feb 14 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Dec 3 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. Here the calendar nearly circles: cool-season crops take the winter shift, and the next window is always close.

What's on the federal record near Westworth Village

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

  1. WALMART SUPERCENTER 940Brownfields · 800 ft
  2. SAMS CLUB 8277Brownfields · 800 ft
  3. QUIKTRIP 866Underground Storage Tanks · 950 ft
  4. NAS JRB FT WORTH FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTBrownfields · 2400 ft
  5. XU-32-13-8 (WUSGSTA001)Nitrate · 0.5 mi
  6. XU-32-13-8 (WJEGTA529)Nitrate · 0.5 mi
  7. SHADY OAKS COUNTRY CLUBUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.5 mi
  8. XU-32-13-8 (WJEGTA527)Nitrate · 0.5 mi
  9. XU-32-13-8 (WJEGTA528)Nitrate · 0.5 mi
  10. XU-32-13-824Nitrate · 0.5 mi
  11. XU-32-13-8 (WJEGTA510)Nitrate · 0.5 mi
  12. XU-32-13-8 (WJEGTA512)Nitrate · 0.5 mi

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

Measured from Westworth Village'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 Westworth Village.

Total Sites

2,245

within ~10 miles of Westworth Village

Risk Level

Elevated

Highest-severity

17 Superfund sites

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Westworth Village

High8Moderate686Low1,551

Highest-Severity Sites

Air Force Plant #4 (General Dynamics)
Superfund · Superfund NPL
Benbrook Water Authority
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
City of Haltom City
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
City of Lake Worth
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected
City of Sansom Park
PFAS Sampling · PFAS Detected

A note from Gnorman

What an experienced grower watches for around here

In and around Westworth Village, two things run higher than the national average within ~10 miles of Westworth Village — Toxics Release Inventory (174 sites) and Underground Storage Tanks (1,673 sites). It's not cause for alarm — it's worth knowing, and there's a sensible way to grow around it.

Toxics Release Inventory: TRI facilities report annual chemical releases to air, water, and land.

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

Check prevailing wind direction — downwind parcels face higher exposure than upwind or crosswind locations.

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

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Your land is one point inside Westworth Village

Everything above resolves to Westworth Village as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 1K acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Tarrant County’s record because no 30-year normal resolves at this city’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 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 Westworth Village Average

Westworth Village Average

  • USDA Zones 8b, averaged across Westworth Village
  • One soil character for all of Westworth Village
  • Frost dates read at Westworth Village's scale: Feb 14 to Dec 3

YOUR Parcel

  • Your exact zone, not Westworth Village's 8b
  • Your SSURGO soil type & pH
  • Your sun exposure, cast in 3D

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

Your soil pHYour frost-free days — Westworth Village averages 292Your sun & shade

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

25+ data sources read at your address, not the Westworth Village average

How we know this about Westworth Village

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 Tarrant 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 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 Westworth Village

When does frost risk typically end in Westworth Village?

The last hard freeze (28°F) in Westworth Village typically lands around Feb 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 Mar 7.

When is the first frost in Westworth Village?

The first hard freeze (28°F) in Westworth Village typically arrives around Dec 3, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 19, so the watching starts about Nov 3 — about 292 days after the spring freeze cleared.

How long is the growing season in Westworth Village?

Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Westworth Village sees about 292 frost-free days — roughly Feb 14 through Dec 3, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Mar 7 to Nov 19, about 257 days.

Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Westworth Village?

The federal record around Westworth Village is a meaningful one — 2,245 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (1,673), the nearest Brownfields 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 Westworth Village?

From about Nov 3 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 3 (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 3. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.

Everything above is measured at Westworth Village's scale — its 8b band and its 292-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Westworth Village'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 Westworth Village’s own scale

5 of the readings below were taken at Westworth Village's own scale — the 1,327 acres it covers and 2,245 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Westworth Village's own USDA hardiness band, zones 8bUSDA PHZM 2023
  • 2,245 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Westworth Village, the closest Brownfields record about 0.2 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Westworth Village's boundary and the 1,327 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 8b and a ~292-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • The ecoregion at Westworth Village's own centroid, the Cross TimbersUS EPA Level III Ecoregions

Inherited from a wider read

  • The 28°F hard-freeze dates — Westworth Village has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Tarrant County
  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Westworth Village's 1,327 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Tarrant County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Tarrant 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 Tarrant County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Westworth Village's 1,327 acreswhy one lot differs from the next
  • Which side of Westworth Village you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 1,327 acresreading your own microclimate
  • How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Brownfields 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 Westworth Village-wide figureread your own land
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