For example, tropical Bird of Paradise flowers are suitable for growing in USDA plant hardiness zones 10 to 12, so there’s probably no point planting this if you don’t have warm winters ...

Enter your zip code in the search bar provided above the map. It will give you both the Plant Hardiness Zones and matching temperatures in 2012, the year of the last revision, and in 2023 the year ...

Just a few weeks ago, a new hardiness zone map was released. Scientists at the USDA looked at weather data from the 30-year period of 1976 to 2005 and, as I'm sure I don't have to tell you, the ...

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.

The Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones ranging from zone 1 (coldest) to zone 13 (warmest), the USDA notes.

Users may simply type in a ZIP Code and find the hardiness zone for their location. No posters of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map have been printed.

KALAMAZOO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, released Wednesday, bumps many areas into warmer zones — including Kalamazoo, which has moved from its old zone ...

There are 13 full zones (with 1 being the coldest and 13 being the warmest). Each full zone is also divided into half zones. The USDA draws the map using a color-coded key for easier reference.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps home gardeners pick which plants to grow. But recently, roughly a quarter of the country has moved zones. What does this mean for your backyard plants? This ...

For instance, the Outer Banks of North Carolina and northeastern Oregon also are Zone 8a. Gardeners can register their ZIP code at planthardiness.ars.usda.gov and their zone will pop up.