African violet
Saintpaulia ionantha
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
12
USDA Hardiness Zone 12
50 to 60°F • Tropical climates
Includes sub-zones: 12a, 12b|Ideal for: tropical plants, palms, citrus trees|253 total plants
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What grows in USDA Zone 12?
Plants rated for Zone 12 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the 50 to 60°F range. This collection contains 253 matching plant profiles, including tropical plants, palms, citrus trees.
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Akee
Blighia sapida
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Allspice
Pimenta dioica
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Aloe
Aloe vera
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Aluminum plant
Pilea cadierei
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Amazonian elephant's ear
Alocasia × amazonica 'Polly'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
American evergreen
Syngonium podophyllum
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Ant tree
Triplaris americana
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Anthurium
Anthurium andraeanum
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Anthurium
Anthurium crassinervium
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Arrowhead plant
Syngonium podophyllum 'Neon Robusta'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Artillery plant
Pilea microphylla
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Asian bell tree
Radermachera sinica
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Asparagus fern
Asparagus setaceus
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Australian redcedar
Toona ciliata
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Avocado
Persea americana
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Baby rubber plant
Peperomia obtusifolia
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bachelor's button
Centratherum punctatum 'Button Beauty'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bamboo orchid
Arundina graminifolia
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Baobab
Adansonia digitata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bat plant
Tacca integrifolia
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bat-faced cuphea
Cuphea × purpurea
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bay rum tree
Pimenta racemosa
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
- USDA zones
- 6–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bird of paradise
Strelitzia reginae
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bird-catcher tree
Pisonia grandis
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bird's nest fern
Asplenium nidus
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bitter cassava
Manihot esculenta 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bleeding heart
Clerodendrum thomsoniae
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue ginger
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boston fern
Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boston fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boston fern
Nephrolepis exaltata 'Tiger Fern'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bowstring hemp
Dracaena 'Starfish'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bowstring hemp
Dracaena 'Fernwood Mikado'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bowstring hemp
Dracaena trifasciata 'Bantel's Sensation'
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bridal bouquet
Marsdenia floribunda
- USDA zones
- 12–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Brownea
Brownea coccinea subsp. Capitella
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Buddha belly bamboo
Bambusa ventricosa
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Butterfly pea
Clitoria ternatea
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cabbage tree
Cordyline fruticosa
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Cacao
Theobroma cacao
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Calico flower
Aristolochia littoralis
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Candlenut tree
Aleurites moluccanus
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cannonball tree
Couroupita guianensis
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cape aloe
Aloe ferox
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Caper
Capparis sandwichiana
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Centipede plant
Muehlenbeckia platyclada
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Century plant
Agave attenuata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese cinnamon tree
Cinnamomum cassia
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Christmas cactus
Schlumbergera × buckleyi
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Christmas cactus
Schlumbergera truncata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Christplant
Euphorbia milii
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Cigar flower
Cuphea ignea
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Club moss
Lycopodium squarrosum
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Clusia
Clusia orthoneura
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Coconut palm
Cocos nucifera
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Coleus
Plectranthus 'Uf0646' REDHEAD
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Common calabash tree
Crescentia cujete
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Common ginger
Zingiber officinale
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Common pepper
Piper nigrum
- USDA zones
- 12–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Coralbush
Jatropha multifida
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Low to medium
Corkscrew flower
Vigna caracalla
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cretan brake
Pteris cretica var. Albolineata
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Croton
Codiaeum variegatum var. Pictum
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cryptanthus
Cryptanthus (group)
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cuphea
Cuphea llavea
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cuphea
Cuphea llavea SRIRACHA VIOLET
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Curry leaf
Murraya koenigii
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Cypress vine
Ipomoea quamoclit
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Divi-divi
Caesalpinia coriaria
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Double coconut palm
Lodoicea maldivica
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Dracaena
Dracaena sanderiana
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Dragontree
Dracaena marginata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Dumb cane
Dieffenbachia seguine
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Eastern Cape blue cycad
Encephalartos horridus
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Eggplant
Solanum melongena
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Eggplant
Solanum melongena 'Patio Baby'
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Eggplant
Solanum melongena 'Aswad'
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Egyptian blue water lily
Nymphaea caerulea
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
Elephant's ear
Alocasia × amazonica
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Elkhorn fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
- USDA zones
- 9–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Emerald ripple pepper
Peperomia caperata
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
False aralia
Plerandra elegantissima
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fan palm
Livistona jenkinsiana
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fiddle-leaf fig
Ficus lyrata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Flame of the forest
Butea monosperma
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Flame of the woods
Ixora casei
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Flame violet
Episcia cupreata
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant dracaena
Dracaena fragrans
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Freycinetia
Freycinetia multiflora
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Freycinetia
Freycinetia cumingiana
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Giant milkweed
Calotropis gigantea
- USDA zones
- 11–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 12 experiences winter minimum temperatures between50 to 60°F. This collection includes 253 plants specifically suited for Zone 12 conditions, including tropical plants, palms, citrus trees.
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