The U.S. government has updated its map of plant hardiness zones for the first time in more than a decade. The map sets out the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature across the country ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map was updated Wednesday for the first time in a decade, and it shows the effect that climate change will have on gardens and yards ...

What changes were made in the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map? The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map, which was generated based on weather data gathered from 1991 to 2020, indicates that about ...

But before you buy your seeds, there's some very important information you must know: The USDA just updated their plant hardiness zone map for the first time since 2012, and there have been some ...

Knowing when to plant in specific hardiness zones is important to maximize the spring season's potential. A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map ...

It's called the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "plant hardiness zone map," and it's the national standard for gardeners and growers to figure out which plants are most likely to survive the ...

This winter, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, considered to be a national standard that gardeners can reference to know which plants are most likely to ...

As plant hardiness zones shift from climate change, gardeners must rethink their choices. Discover what these changes mean ...

For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers ...

In the news recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its plant hardiness zone map for the first time in more than a decade. As always, this is a hot topic in horticultural circles.

I was asked by several people about my reaction to the change in the USDA’s plant hardiness zone map in 2023. I prefer to use Sunset’s Western Garden climate zone maps. The Sunset plant ...