About half of the country moved into a slightly warmer zone in the Agriculture Department’s new “plant hardiness” map, an important guide for gardeners. Climate change may be a factor.

Plant hardiness zone map an important, but not tell-all tool for gardeners The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map, translating into about half of the country shifting to a ...

The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map, translating into about half of the country shifting to a warmer zone. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Read Today's Paper Friday, June 6 ...

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.

New plant hardiness zone map to help NC gardeners, farmers keep pace with climate change The new map gives guidance to growers and farmers about which plants, shrubs and vegetables are most likely ...

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 the coldest and ...

It included a map of eight hardiness zones, each differing by five degrees, and representing the lowest mean temperature for the coldest month of the year. In 1938, Donald Wyman, ...

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.

Zones 2–10 were further subdivided into two 5-degree half zones termed “a” and “b.” Others, like the Arbor Day Foundation and Sunset, have since published their own plant hardiness maps, but the USDA ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “plant hardiness zone map” was updated Nov. 16 for the first time in a decade, and it shows the impact that climate change will have on gardens and yards ...

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live, so one of the major factors in creating the ...

So use the zone map as a baseline to assess plant hardiness, not as a bible. And one more thing (or two) We are now firmly in winter season, and thus far, December has proved to be slightly warmer ...