The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which helps determine what plants are most likely to survive harsh temperatures, divides the country into 13 zones, each representing a band of 10 degrees ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's plant hardiness zone map is the national standard for figuring out which plants are most ... 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Maps for Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

The USDA’s plant hardiness zone map was updated in 2023, Becker said. ... Ohio is part of 4 hardiness zones, 5b through 7a, on a scale that goes from 1a to 13b. “In 5b, ...

On Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a revised version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is what home gardeners, as well as professional growers, use to determine which ...

Changes to the Ohio map. On the 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone map, Greater Columbus (and a good portion of the rest of Ohio) was in Zone 6a, where the average lowest temperature ranges from -10 to -5 ...

The 2023 map incorporated data from more than 13,000 weather stations compared to the 8,000 that were used for the 2012 map. The maps highlighted 13 different zones around the country in 5-degree ...

Zones don’t change often—the map was last updated in 201—but when it does change, as it just did, it can upend what you know about your garden. How do I find my new hardiness zone?

Starting a successful garden begins with knowing your planting zone. These maps ... Knowing when to plant in specific hardiness zones is ... 1930s love letters found in bathroom wall during Ohio ...

Plant hardiness zones are based on 30-year averages of weather extremes (coldest temperatures). Climate changes are based on overall annual average temperatures over 50-100 years.

I was asked by several people about my reaction to the change in the USDA’s plant hardiness zone map in 2023. I prefer to use Sunset’s Western Garden climate zone maps.

"These are also referred to as plant hardiness zones." The USDA's plant hardiness zone map was updated in 2023, Becker said. The map that was being used before the 2023 map was dated 2012, he said.