The updated map still consists of 13 zones, but now offers more detailed information on temperature ranges within each zone, including 10-degree zones and 5-degree half zones.

If you want to learn how to correctly time and prepare your garden after the last winter frost, find your region on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.This map shows your last expected frost date.

The USDA divides the United States into seven planting regions, known as hardiness zones, which were most recently updated in 2023.The maps below show these planting regions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently released a new “plant hardiness zone map” that shows some areas of Western New York can now be considered a zone warmer, for ...

Step-by-step guide to finding your gardening zone. Visit the USDA plant hardiness zone map: This map is the most widely used resource for determining gardening zones in the United States.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which perennial plants are most likely to thrive. ABC7 is kicking off an ongoing series, "Climate Ready".

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 ...

For the first time since 2012, the USDA, in conjunction with Oregon State University’s PRISM Climate group, has released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map.

The Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones ranging from zone 1 (coldest) to zone 13 (warmest), the USDA notes.

Nationally, The Conversation reports: “Comparing the 2023 map to the previous version from 2012 clearly shows that as climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward ...

For example, the coldest hardiness zone in the lower 48 states on the new map, 3a, covers small pockets in the northernmost parts of Minnesota and has winter extreme temperatures of -40 F to -35 F.