Hardiness zone guide
USDA Hardiness Zone 2
-45.6 to -40 °C· -50 to -40 °F· Average annual minimum
Subarctic
Zone 2 covers the subarctic, where winters bottom out between −46 and −40 °C. The season is short but real — cold-hardy greens, rhubarb, hardy currants and fast radishes can finish before the freeze with row cover and a sheltered spot.
What to grow in Zone 2
99 plants in our library are hardy in zone 2 — here are the standouts, with the full list below.
Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Kale
Brassica oleracea var. sabellica
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Peas
Pisum sativum
Radish
Raphanus sativus
Beet
Beta vulgaris
Bok Choy
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
Red Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra
Savoy Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. sabauda
All plants for Zone 2
Carrot, Lettuce, Spinach, Kale, Broccoli, Cabbage, Peas, Radish, Beet, Bok Choy, Red Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage, Daikon Radish, Rutabaga, Romaine Lettuce, Butterhead Lettuce, Oak Leaf Lettuce, Mizuna, Tatsoi, Mache, Nantes Carrot, Danvers Carrot, Chantenay Carrot, Golden Beet, Chioggia Beet, Watermelon Radish, French Breakfast Radish, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Purple Cauliflower, Red Brussels Sprouts, Green Cauliflower, Giant Kohlrabi, Red Mizuna, Tokyo Turnip, Baby Spinach, Butter Lettuce, Garden Cress, Dandelion Greens, Komatsuna, Little Gem Lettuce, Lollo Rossa Lettuce, Red Giant Mustard, Pea Shoots, Detroit Dark Red Beet, Cylindra Beet, Cosmic Purple Carrot, Oxheart Carrot, Hollow Crown Parsnip, Cherry Belle Radish, Easter Egg Radish, American Purple Top Rutabaga, Purple Top Turnip, Ostrich Fiddlehead Fern, Mini Savoy Cabbage, Lamb's Lettuce, Japanese Daikon, Siberian Chive, Stinging Nettle, Sweet Fern, Sweet Grass, Lowbush Blueberry, Cranberry, Lingonberry, Honeyberry, Serviceberry, Rowan Berry, Cloudberry, Buffaloberry, Juneberry, Sunflower, Marigold, African Marigold, Signet Marigold, Bachelor's Button, Morning Glory (Annual), Ageratum, Annual Phlox, Blue Bachelor's Button, Bells of Ireland, China Aster, Sulphur Cosmos, Globe Amaranth, Love-Lies-Bleeding, Mignonette, Painted Tongue, Annual Pincushion Flower, Poor Man's Orchid, Annual Scabiosa, Spider Flower, Sweet Sultan, Mexican Sunflower, Lily of the Valley, Siberian Squill, Celosia Flamingo Feather, Pine Tree, Spruce Tree, Juniper Tree, Saskatoon Berry