In previous years Southern Maine was in zones 5B/5A and as of ... check the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map for more information.

The data, reflected in the updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map in November ... with Vermont and Maine seeing dramatically higher incidences of the infection because the ticks are no longer freezing ...

Late last November, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map for the United States. Gardeners use this map to determine which plants and ...

The map is based on the 30-year average of the lowest annual winter temperatures for specific places. It is divided into 13 zones, each reflecting a 10-degree temperature range, and each zone is ...

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 ...

In the news recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its plant hardiness zone map for the first time in more than a decade. As always, this is a hot topic in horticultural circles.

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 ...

Daly also cautioned about using the 2023 map and its warmer zones as eividence of climate change. Climate change is real, he said. The world is warming up. But using the hardiness zone map as an ...