How do I find my new hardiness zone? It used to be easier to find your hardiness zone: You’d just drop your zip code into Google, and it would spit out the information. But Google hasn’t ...

How to select plants based on your gardening zones When selecting plants for your garden, it’s essential to consider both the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone and the AHS Heat Zone listed on the plant tag.

In November 2023 a new map was released. With some fanfare it encouraged us to enter our ZIP codes to see what lowest temperatures we might expect to encounter each winter.

The new map has a zip code finder; type in your zip code to get specific zone information for your location. The new map can be found online at https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/.

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live.

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.

Sometimes called “growing zones” or “gardening zones,” USDA plant hardiness zones refer to areas of a map developed by the United States Department of Agriculture. These zones separate the ...

Enter your zip code and then zoom in to find your home or location to determine your zone. How do you read the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map?

Map via USDA. Knowing the precise time to get annual plants into the ground and whether or not a perennial will grow in a given location is often buried in local community lore, but the US Department ...

The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.

Since the previous 'plant hardiness' map, about half the U.S. shifted a half-zone warmer, including much of Wisconsin.