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USDA Releases Plant Hardiness Zones Map Update for 2023

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.
Lifehacker

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Just Changed

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. And for many ...
extension.purdue.edu

USDA Releases Updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released its updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map uses weather data to map average annual extreme minimum ...
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Your Growing Zone May Have Changed - Here's What It Means For Your Garden

What is a USDA growing zone, and which one are you in? The answer to one of these questions may be different than what it was only a few years ago. USDA growing zones, in general, help you know which ...

This week’s North Texas weather highlights the problem with hardiness zone map

The 1990 map was still pretty accurate. It still showed us to be in Zone 7. But when an update was published in 2014, it ...
PBS

Climate change is shifting plant growth zones. Here's what to know for your garden this year

With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed ...
Yahoo

Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden

Climate change complicates plant choices and care. Early flowering and late freezes can kill flowers like these magnolia blossoms. Matt Kasson, CC BY-ND With the arrival of spring in North America, ...
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How to Find Your Gardening Zone—Plus, the Best Plants to Grow in Your Region

Identify your plant hardiness zone with help from our garden experts. Even if you're a gardening novice, you've likely heard the term "gardening zones." This refers to the United States Department of ...
WTHR

Much of Indiana shifts into new plant hardiness zones - how does it affect what you grow?

INDIANA, USA — New Plant Hardiness Zone maps updated by the US Department of Agriculture released this week show a drastically reduced Zone 5 throughout Indiana, while Zone 7 makes an appearance in ...
The Denver Post

Colorado gardeners eyeing warmer USDA growing zones should be careful, experts say

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado gardeners eyeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which moves much of the state in a warmer growing zone, ...
WLRN

Southwest Florida's growing zones shift north as planet warms; so do half of rest of U.S.

The Department of Agriculture updated its searchable map of the country that shows how much average low temperatures have changed during the last 30 years, and half the country's lows were higher by 5 ...
Portland Press Herald

The Conversation: Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden

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