MILWAUKEE - The USDA recently released the updated 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which indicates the average minimum low temperature an area can experience on a yearly basis. These maps are often ...

Have you ever wondered what the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is? It’s mentioned in every gardening article or the Farmer’s Almanac, but if you’re still not quite sure what it is or what zone you live in, ...

Sometimes called “growing zones” or “gardening zones,” hardiness zones refer to a map developed by the USDA that separates the United States into regions based on the average low winter temperatures.

Late last November, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map for the United States. Gardeners use this map to determine which plants and specific ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map that has shifted many areas in our region a half a zone higher. This is the map that most gardeners use to determine ...

New data about where plants can grow best shows how Wisconsin has warmed over the past few decades. In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone ...

URBANA, Ill. — On a cold, blustery January day, it may be hard to remember that 2023 was the hottest year on record. But the newest update to the plant hardiness map, in which half the country shifted ...

Gardeners and farmers across the U.S. look to plant hardiness zones for guidance on which plants to grow. The U.S. is divided into 13 plant hardiness zones based on the local coldest temperature of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows Iowa is warming up, at least a little bit. Updated in November for the first time since 2012, the map, a standard guide to ...

INDIANA, USA — Indiana is now mostly a Zone 6 state (both a and b) according to the United States Department of Agriculture's latest plant hardiness zone map. It was updated in November 2023, so this ...

The USDA’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides the country into 13 zones ranging from 1 (the arctic) to 13 (the tropics) to make it easier for gardeners to select plants that can survive the winter in ...

Almost all of the lower half of central Michigan and the western side of the Upper Peninsula have warmed by an average of 5 degrees over the past 10 years, according to the latest plant hardiness data ...