Starting a successful garden begins with knowing your planting zone. These maps can help.

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?

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 labels, catalogs, books and websites all classify plants according to the USDA hardiness zones. On the new map, Chicago is in Zone 6 rather than the slightly colder Zone 5.

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. For ...

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 ...

Itching to get your hands dirty in the garden? USDA releases new Plant Hardiness Zone Map The 2023 map uses data from 13,412 weather stations from 1991 to 2020.

The 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone map offers more precise details about climate zones.

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.

Since the previous 'plant hardiness' map, about half the U.S. shifted a half-zone warmer, including much of Wisconsin.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest ...

The USDA recently released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, updating this valuable tool for gardeners.