Zone 9 and 10. These hardiness zones have average minimum winter temperatures between 20 degrees Fahrenheit and 40 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning many of the native plants are heat-loving and perfect ...

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into zones ranging from 1 (coldest) to 13 (warmest). Each zone ...

The plant hardiness map contains 13 zones, representing 10-degree-F ranges. Each zone is further subdivided into two half zones, a and b, representing 5-degree ranges. Zone 1 starts in Alaska, and ...

Get better at gardening by using this newly updated tool : Life Kit The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps home gardeners pick which plants to grow. But recently, roughly a quarter of the country ...

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. Contributed / USDA ...

It included a map of eight hardiness zones, each differing by five degrees, and representing the lowest mean temperature for the coldest month of the year. In 1938, Donald Wyman, ...

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. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Read Today's Paper Friday, June 6 ...

About half of the country moved into a slightly warmer zone in the Agriculture Department’s new “plant hardiness” map, an important guide for gardeners. Climate change may be a factor.

So use the zone map as a baseline to assess plant hardiness, not as a bible. And one more thing (or two) We are now firmly in winter season, and thus far, December has proved to be slightly warmer ...