The new map released late last year shows half of the nation logged average low temperatures up to 5 degrees warmer than the last time the department updated the growing zones in 2012.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated four planting zones (zones 8-11) in the state, and this is what you need to know about growing and planting in each.

The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map, which was generated based on weather data gathered from 1991 to 2020, indicates that about half the United States moved into a warmer zone.

Hardiness Zones 101 The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map consists of 13 individual zones that take in all of the contiguous United States, plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The first zone lies at ...

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 of Agriculture ...

The map of the US is divided into zones, separated by ten degrees. It starts with 1a (Alaska) and goes all the way up to 13b (Puerto Rico), and the mainland U.S. tends to live between zones 5 and 10.

Let’s do what we can now, to give it the time it will need to succeed! To learn more about updated plant hardiness zones and view the interactive map, go to https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/.

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. Zone 1 starts in Alaska, and ...

The USDA divides the United States into seven planting regions, known as hardiness zones, which were most recently updated in 2023. The maps below show these planting regions.

Plants rated for 9b could be damaged below a range between 25 to 30 °F and 20-25 °F for 9a. The map is divided into 13 zones, with Zone 1 being the coldest and Zone 13 being the warmest.