2023 Hardiness Zone Changes

For avid gardeners and plant enthusiasts, understanding the USDA Hardiness Zones is akin to unlocking the secret code to successful gardening. These zones serve as a valuable tool, helping individuals choose plants that are best suited to their local climate and ensuring a thriving garden year-round. In this blog post, we'll delve into the world of USDA Hardiness Zones, exploring what they are, why they matter, and how they can be a gardener's best ally … but there’s a catch. The zones are changing!

Thanks to warming average temperatures over the last few decades, the zone map was updated in the fall of 2023. The USDA uses average temperatures for the last 30 years to determine whether the maps needs significant updates or not. The last time the map was updated was in 2012 and 1990 before that. The new map is generally about one quarter-zone warmer than reported in the 2012 map throughout much of the United States, because of a more recent averaging period (1976-2005 vs. 1991-2020).

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