What grows in zone 12

Zone 12 means the coldest night of an average winter falls between 50 and 60°F (10 to 16°C). Frost is rare or unknown, so tropical fruit is on the menu. Hardiness is only the cold half of the story: summer heat, winter chill and rain decide the rest, and the free planner checks all of them for your ZIP.

Plants hardy here: 175 · Food plants: 160 · Natives somewhere in the world: 175

Fruit trees (5)

Bael · zones 9–12
Ber (Indian jujube) · zones 9–12
Desert date · zones 9–12
Khejri · zones 10–12
Wood apple · zones 10–12

Berries and small fruit (4)

Karonda · zones 9–12
Ker · zones 10–12
Miracle berry · zones 10–12
Phalsa · zones 9–12

Nut trees (11)

Baru · zones 10–12
Brazil nut · zones 11–12
Breadnut (Maya nut) · zones 10–12
Cashew · zones 10–12
Cutnut · zones 11–12
Galip nut (canarium) · zones 11–12
Kukui (candlenut) · zones 10–12
Malabar chestnut (money tree) · zones 10–12
Okari nut · zones 11–12
Pili nut · zones 11–12
Tahitian chestnut (mape, ivi) · zones 11–12

Tropical and subtropical food plants (84)

Abiu · zones 11–12
Açaí palm · zones 11–12
Ackee · zones 10–12
African breadfruit (ukwa) · zones 11–12
African oil bean (ugba) · zones 11–12
African oil palm · zones 10–12
Aguaje (moriche palm) · zones 11–12
Allspice (pimienta gorda) · zones 10–12
Ambarella (vī) · zones 10–12
Amla (Indian gooseberry) · zones 10–12
Arabian moringa · zones 10–12
Araçá-boi · zones 10–12
Araticum · zones 10–12
Baobab · zones 10–12
Betel leaf (paan) · zones 10–12
Black pepper · zones 11–12
Black plum (vitex) · zones 10–12
Black sapote · zones 10–12
Breadfruit · zones 11–12
Bush mango (ogbono) · zones 11–12
Cacao · zones 11–12
Cagaita · zones 10–12
Calabash nutmeg (ehuru) · zones 10–12
Camu camu · zones 10–12
Canistel (eggfruit) · zones 10–12
Cardamom · zones 10–12
Cas (sour Costa Rican guava) · zones 10–12
Cinnamon · zones 10–12
Clove · zones 11–12
Coconut · zones 10–12
Cubiu (Orinoco apple) · zones 10–12
Cupuaçu · zones 11–12
Dragon fruit · zones 10–12
Durian · zones 11–12
Guaraná · zones 11–12
Ice-cream bean · zones 10–12
Ingá (ingá-banana) · zones 10–12
Jackfruit · zones 10–12
Jamun · zones 10–12
Jocote · zones 10–12
Kakadu plum (gubinge) · zones 11–12
Kokum · zones 10–12
Kola nut · zones 10–12
Lemon aspen · zones 10–12
Long pepper (pippali) · zones 10–12
Lúcuma · zones 10–12
Makrut lime · zones 10–12
Malabar tamarind (kudampuli) · zones 10–12
Mamey apple · zones 10–12
Mamey sapote · zones 10–12
Mangaba · zones 10–12
Mango · zones 10–12
Mangosteen · zones 11–12
Marita (red pandanus) · zones 11–12
Marula · zones 10–12
Mountain apple (ʻōhiʻa ʻai) · zones 10–12
Nance · zones 10–12
Nipa palm (golpata) · zones 11–12
Noni (Tahitian noni) · zones 10–12
Nutmeg · zones 11–12
Oyster nut · zones 10–12
Pandanus (screwpine) · zones 10–12
Papaya · zones 10–12
Peach palm (pupunha) · zones 11–12
Pequi · zones 10–12
Pineapple · zones 10–12
Plantain (cooking banana) · zones 9–12
Prekese (aidan fruit) · zones 11–12
Rambutan · zones 11–12
Robusta coffee · zones 11–12
Safou (African pear) · zones 10–12
Sago palm · zones 11–12
Sapodilla · zones 10–12
Shea tree · zones 10–12
Soursop · zones 11–12
Stinking toe (West Indian locust) · zones 10–12
Sugar apple · zones 10–12
Sycamore fig · zones 10–12
Tamarind · zones 10–12
Taun (Pacific lychee) · zones 11–12
Umbu · zones 10–12
Vanilla · zones 11–12
Velvet tamarind (yoyi) · zones 10–12
Wild custard apple · zones 10–12

Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (30)

Achiote (annatto) · zones 10–12
Aibika (island cabbage) · zones 10–12
Bitter leaf · zones 10–12
Brahmi (water hyssop) · zones 9–12
Cassava · zones 10–12
Culantro · zones 9–12
Curry leaf · zones 10–12
Drumstick (moringa, for pods) · zones 9–12
Elephant foot yam (suran) · zones 10–12
Fluted pumpkin (ugu) · zones 10–12
Galangal · zones 9–12
Ginger · zones 9–12
Gotu kola · zones 8–12
Grains of paradise (alligator pepper) · zones 10–12
Guduchi (giloy) · zones 10–12
Katuk · zones 10–12
Kava (ʻawa) · zones 11–12
Korarima (Ethiopian cardamom) · zones 10–12
Lemongrass · zones 10–12
Okazi (eru) · zones 11–12
Shatavari · zones 9–12
Sugarcane · zones 9–12
Tacaco · zones 10–12
Ti (kī) · zones 10–12
Tulip (gnetum) · zones 11–12
Tulsi (holy basil) · zones 9–12
Turmeric · zones 9–12
Uziza (West African pepper) · zones 10–12
White yam (Guinea yam) · zones 9–12
Yam (uhi) · zones 9–12

Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (20)

African nightshade (mnavu) · zones 6–12
African rice · zones 8–12
African spider plant · zones 6–12
Bitter gourd (karela) · zones 8–12
Bottle gourd (lauki) · zones 6–12
Egusi melon · zones 8–12
Finger millet (ragi) · zones 7–12
Fonio · zones 9–12
Garden egg (African eggplant) · zones 9–12
Lima bean (butter bean) · zones 5–12
Molokhia (jute mallow) · zones 6–12
Mung bean (moong) · zones 6–12
Pearl millet (bajra) · zones 7–12
Rice · zones 6–12
Ridge gourd (turai) · zones 8–12
Roselle (hibiscus tea) · zones 8–12
Scotch bonnet pepper · zones 10–12
Sesame (til) · zones 7–12
Winged bean · zones 9–12
Yardlong bean · zones 5–12

Native and wild plants (13)

Beach naupaka · zones 10–12
Brazilwood (pau-brasil) · zones 10–12
ʻIlima · zones 10–12
ʻŌhelo berry · zones 10–12
ʻŌhiʻa lehua · zones 10–12
Jatobá-do-cerrado · zones 10–12
Māmaki · zones 10–12
Pond apple · zones 10–12
Sundari (mangrove) · zones 11–12
Traveller's palm (ravinala) · zones 10–12
Umbrella thorn acacia · zones 9–12
Wanza · zones 10–12
Wild date palm (khejur) · zones 9–12

Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (8)

Arjuna · zones 10–12
Ethiopian coral tree (korch) · zones 10–12
Gum arabic tree · zones 10–12
Neem · zones 10–12
Pigeon pea · zones 9–12
Tree cotton · zones 8–12
Vetiver · zones 8–12
Yar (highland casuarina) · zones 10–12

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General guidance, not professional advice. Conditions vary by yard and year; for local specifics ask your county extension office. Never eat a wild plant you cannot identify with certainty. Traditional uses are shared as history, not medical advice. © 2026 Sean Priest · Irie Orchard. Terms & credits · Privacy · Home