Up to now, most of central Pennsylvania has fallen into Zone ... their exact hardiness zone by going to the USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map website and typing in their Zip code.

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, updating this valuable tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 2012.

Check USDA’s interactive Cold Hardiness Zone Map to type in your Zip code and see your exact hardiness rating. Hardiness ratings are listed on plant tags and most plant signs. Perennials are ...

One tool to help is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map. The agency updated ... need to be dug and stored to survive Pennsylvania winters. Lately, local gardeners ...

but the US Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map is used by millions of growers to help determine which plants are likely to thrive in a location. This first version was released in the ...

For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers ...

AUBURN UNIVERSITY—For the first time in more than a decade, the United States Department of Agriculture released new hardiness zone maps. These new changes bring a new level of climate accuracy ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a new version of its well-known Plant Hardiness Zone map earlier this month, an online tool that classifies growing regions based on extremely cold ...

The importance of hardiness zones lies in their ability to help gardeners and farmers choose plants that will thrive in their specific region.

Last updated in 2012, the new map codifies warming temperatures for Massachusetts’ planting zones. So what does that mean for gardeners as we head into another increasingly warm growing season?