NPR's A Martinez talks to Ashlie Thomas, author of How to Become a Gardener, about the map gardeners and farmers ... zones kind of moving up - like, the areas where it gets really, really cold ...

Some areas of metro Phoenix changed from a zone ... precipitation and wind. While the new USDA zone map does not account for extreme heat, there are other resources, like the American ...

“The USDA plant hardiness zone map gives us an idea of our average high and low temperatures ... bodies of water and urban areas. Even across large properties, growers should learn to find cool ...

The USDA map has been updated four times since 1960 ... for guidance or suggestions because a crop they grew for years is no longer doing well in their area,” she says. “I’ve had customers who are ...

And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023 ... you if a labeled plant will thrive in your area. It should also remind you that artificial measures ...

The USDA Hardiness Zone map does not include average precipitation ... On a hill? In an urban area or a rural one? “It comes down to the microclimate at your house,” says Daly.

which produced the hardiness zone map along with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. “I would not go out and buy a bunch of new plants.” Furthermore, the termperature ranges in the ...