For example, Seattle, Washington, and the city of Austin, Texas, are both in the USDA hardiness zone 9a because the map is a measure of the coldest temperature a plant can handle.

Plant for Zones 8a or 7b, plants that can survive a winter temperature of 5 F or 10 F. You'll have better odds of not having to replace that plant (i.e., buy it again) over the next decade.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The USDA has recently released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map for 2023 which shows the lowest average winter temperatures across the nation.

Point being, when these two newer maps show North Central Texas to be in Hardiness Zone 8b, ... Please don’t get me wrong. I use the Plant Hardiness Zone Map and zone ratings all the time.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The USDA recently updated their Plant Hardiness Zone Maps (PHZM) to reflect the latest 30-year averages published by the National Weather Service. This map looks at the average ...

Shrubs: Texas lantana (Carpellate urticoides) Trees: Gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba), ... In 2023, just over a decade after the last update, the USDA republished the plant hardiness zone map.

The new USDA map of plant hardiness zones switches Austin from 8B to 9A, which indicates shorter winters and longer growing season. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries ...

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 ...

In some cases -- Ohio, Nebraska and Texas -- nearly the entire states have been updated to warmer zones. The map also creates two new zones: 12, for climates with average lows of 50 to 60 degrees ...

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.

The hardiness zone maps As long as there have been gardeners, people have noticed that some plants can survive extremely cold temperatures while others cannot. Tomatoes die at 32.

Most folks are probably done with talking about the cold, and believe me, I get that. I am, too. I got it last year. And I absolutely, positively, and certainly got it back in 2021 when that ...