The U.S. Department of Agriculture's plant hardiness zone map is the national standard for figuring out which plants are most likely to survive the coldest winter temperatures in their location.

With its higher resolution and more accurate zonal information, the new USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM) can be helpful as you plan your garden or landscape. However, it's good to remember ...

Plant hardiness zones have long been a useful guideline for determining if what you're planting in your yard can handle cold temperatures.

I was asked by several people about my reaction to the recent change in the USDA’s plant hardiness zone map.

Heat domes, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and polar vortex—you’re not crazy, the weather is. And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. For ...

The plant hardiness map contains 13 zones, representing 10-degree-F ranges. Each zone is further subdivided into two half zones, a and b, representing 5-degree ranges.

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 map, based on average coldest ...

Itching to get your hands dirty in the garden? USDA releases new Plant Hardiness Zone Map The 2023 map uses data from 13,412 weather stations from 1991 to 2020.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into zones ranging from 1 (coldest) to 13 (warmest). Each zone represents a 10-degree Fahrenheit range, indicating the minimum temperature a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest ...

Map developers from USDA and Oregon State University, updated the plant hardiness zoning for half of the country based on 30 years of climate data.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map was updated this week for the first time in a decade.