Did Your Growing Zone Change?

What does the change in Hardiness Zones mean for the Garden?

In mid-November 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed new changes to its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, updated from the ...

Learn Your Plant Hardiness Zone... Then "Change" it!

Hardiness zones are outlined by geography. But those zones are really an attempt to label conditions typical of those areas. The reality is that those zones can ...

New USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and Adapting to the Changes

The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, released in November 2023, was the first update since 2012. Not surprisingly, the new map reflects warming temperatures.

USDA Releases New Hardiness Zone Map for United States

— For the first time in more than a decade, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released new hardiness zone maps. These new ...

What's Going On in This Graph? | Growing Zones

The zones are based on the coldest temperature of the year at each location averaged over a 30-year period. Farmers and home gardeners use the ...

10 Takeaways from the New Hardiness Zones Map - Minnesota ...

This cold-hardiness map measures the average lowest low temperature over the past 30 years (1991-2020). · You may be zone 5 while your friend ...

New Hardiness Zone Map Released! | N.C. Cooperative Extension

So what does this change exactly mean for us? Well it definitely doesn't mean that you should rip up your gardening plans, or tear plants out of ...

New USDA Zone Maps (gardening for beginners forum at permies)

I've been wary about trusting a whole zone change, because my memory of clearly zone 5 weather is relatively recent. I guess it has me paying ...

2024 USDA Hardiness Zone Changes - Mirimichi Green

In November of 2023, the USDA updated its plant hardiness zone map for the first time since 2012 – not surprisingly, lots of places are warmer than they used ...

What are your thoughts on the new USDA hardiness zone changes?

For example, it's not at all intuitive that if I wanted to “zone push” here in sunset zone 5, I should probably look at things that do well in ...

Planting Zones are Changing - Here's What it Means for What Food ...

In November 2023, the USDA released a new plant hardiness zone map for the first time in a decade. The new map shows a 2.5 degree Fahrenheit ...

Your Plant Hardiness Zones Might Have Shifted | Family Handyman

How Will Temperature Changes Effect Your Garden? ... If your Plant Hardiness Zone has changed, it might just be because of the enhanced data used ...

New hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep pace with ...

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 impact ...

What do gardeners think about the US Department of agriculture's ...

Yes, I think they will change in the next few years. I am in zone 7b, but the weather has warmed so much that I can now grow some perennials ...

Future Plant Hardiness Zones

Enter your five digit zip code to learn which hardiness zone your location will fall within: ... In fact, the climate is warming fast enough to change the ...

What the New USDA Gardening Map Tells us About Climate Change

Today, Spokane is designated zone 7a. That's an enormous shift, says Kohlhauff. “In my lifetime, my town has gone up two zones.” On the one hand ...

New USDA Plant Hardiness Zones (plants forum at permies)

... the mainstream press, but the new USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows some shifts in zone for many regions. Has your zone changed?

USDA Releases Plant Hardiness Zones Map Update for 2023

Learn why the map changed—and whether your area was affected ... How to Use Your Hardiness Zone. Use the hardiness map to find the average ...

Shifts in Growing Degree Days, Plant Hardiness Zones and Heat ...

Although GDD varies across the US, the projection shows that the growing season will considerably increase everywhere. Some plant species may benefit from a ...

USDA Hardiness Zone Change: what does it mean for your garden?

PLANT HARDINESS ZONES SHIFT: what does it mean for local gardeners? Our landscaping expert Mary Anne shares her advice:"The 2023 USDA ...