State directory
Plant Nurseries & Garden Centers in Iowa
Growing zones in Iowa
Zones 5a–6a
Most nursery-dense area: avg. minimum winter temperature -15°F.
Frost window across Iowa
Fall frost arrives anywhere from Oct 1 to Oct 25 depending on where in the state; spring's last frost clears anywhere from Apr 16 to May 3.
Based on 85 ZIPs with NOAA-matched frost data in Iowa; a marginal/near-continuous-growing ZIP isn't counted here.
Business structure
406 independent nurseries and 656 chain, big-box, or grower/wholesale locations across Iowa.
Licence registry
This directory holds Iowa's nursery/dealer licence registry (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship), with 847 matched records as of 2026-08-04 .
Every located business on the map
Where Iowa's nurseries are
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Cities
Browse by city
We only give a city its own page once it clears 3 verified listings, so this list is shorter than the map above; every business we can place on a map, in any city, is a pin up there.
- Adel 4
- Algona 5
- Altoona 5
- Ames 28
- Anamosa 3
- Ankeny 25
- Atlantic 5
- Bettendorf 14
- Boone 7
- Carlisle 3
- Carroll 7
- Cedar Falls 19
- Cedar Rapids 64
- Centerville 5
- Chariton 5
- Charles City 7
- Cherokee 3
- Clarinda 3
- Clear Lake 6
- Clinton 5
- Clive 3
- Coralville 9
- Council Bluffs 26
- Creston 7
- Cumming 5
- Davenport 36
- Decorah 12
- Denison 5
- Des Moines 58
- Dubuque 23
- Elkader 3
- Estherville 4
- Fairfax 4
- Fairfield 10
- Forest City 5
- Fort Dodge 8
- Glenwood 9
- Grimes 12
- Grinnell 3
- Hampton 4
- Harlan 3
- Humboldt 3
- Independence 7
- Indianola 9
- Iowa City 25
- Iowa Falls 4
- Jefferson 5
- Johnston 9
- Keokuk 5
- Le Mars 3
- Madrid 3
- Manchester 6
- Marion 13
- Marshalltown 5
- Mason City 10
- Milford 4
- Missouri Valley 3
- Monona 3
- Mount Pleasant 4
- Muscatine 9
- Nevada 3
- New Hampton 3
- Newton 9
- North Liberty 4
- Oakland 3
- Orange City 3
- Osceola 3
- Oskaloosa 6
- Ottumwa 5
- Palo 3
- Panora 3
- Pella 3
- Perry 3
- Pleasant Hill 5
- Postville 3
- Red Oak 7
- Riceville 3
- Sergeant Bluff 3
- Shenandoah 8
- Sioux Center 5
- Sioux City 28
- Spencer 5
- Spirit Lake 6
- Storm Lake 4
- Story City 3
- Swisher 3
- Tiffin 3
- Urbandale 9
- Washington 5
- Waterloo 22
- Waukee 11
- Waukon 4
- Waverly 5
- Webster City 3
- West Burlington 5
- West Des Moines 25
- Windsor Heights 6
- Winterset 5
Zone hubs
What grows in zone 5a → What grows in zone 5b → What grows in zone 6a →