Knowing the precise time to get annual plants into the ground and whether or not a perennial will grow in a given location is often buried in local community lore, but the US Department of Agriculture ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for creating a plant hardiness zone map. This tool divides the country into 13 color-coded areas based on their average extreme ...

The kind of plants you can grow have changed slightly in most regions of Canada according to the federal government’s latest ...

The map of the US is divided into zones, separated by ten degrees. It starts with 1a (Alaska) and goes all the way up to 13b (Puerto Rico), and the mainland U.S. tends to live between zones 5 and 10.

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The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map, translating into about half of the country shifting to a warmer zone. The new Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

Map developers from USDA and Oregon State University, updated the plant hardiness zoning for half of the country based on 30 years of climate data.

The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual ...

The 2012 map had me in Zone 8a (10 to 15 degrees) — while way back in 1990, I was in Zone 7b (5 to 10 degrees). Another example: Williamsburg, ZIP code 23185, has seen its zone change from 7a to ...

An updated plant hardiness zone map released by the USDA last month shows nearly half of the country is now classified in a "warmer" zone than it used to be. That includes parts of Southeastern N.C.