Two decades of gradually warmer winters have shifted most of Minnesota – and much of the United States – one notch higher on the USDA’s plant-hardiness charts. The zones depict the lowest ...

FARGO — The U.S Department of Agriculture has changed the Plant Hardiness Zone Map for our area. The guide ... and a greater portion of Minnesota, have been bumped from Zone 3 to Zone 4.

A Northern White Cedar you'd plant in Minnesota can survive in Zone 2 (-50 F). If you live here in the Metroplex, the newly assigned zone (as of last fall) is 8b (15 F).

2012 and 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map zoomed in on northern Minnesota. (Courtesy USDA) The 2023 PHZM also contains a new “Tips for Growers” section which offers helpful information for ...

A plant’s performance is also based on soil type, sunlight, water, wind, snow cover in winter, and overall care — right plant in the right place! Yes, you can successfully grow some zone 4 ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's plant zone hardiness page can be found here. This story has been updated to correct a previous version that misstated the average annual extreme low ...

Northern parts of Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota are in the coldest zone in the U.S., ... The USDA and Harvard University developed the hardiness zones during the 1920s and '30s, ...

In Minnesota, plant hardiness zones have shifted by about half a zone since 1951–1980. Laura Irish-Hanson, an educator and horticulturalist at the University of Minnesota, tells students and ...

Minnesota’s Arbor Day is nearly here, and the best way to observe the holiday is to plant trees. Arbor Day in Minnesota will be celebrated on National Arbor Day on Friday, April 29. Before yo… ...

Out of the 13 Planting Zones, Zone 1 is the coldest and Zone 13 the warmest, with a vast range in temperatures between the two extremes. Zone 1 ranges from -60 to -55°F, while Zone 13 ranges from ...