The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed.

There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.

6 mo. ago

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Climate change is fake, but everything that is crafted from observable measurements is being updated to be in line with climate change if it was real.

God damn Greta Thunberg!!
- That's how deep the conspiracy goes. These damn climate scientists are somehow changing the climate to prove themselves right!
  
  You sound exactly like my mom.
Can we talk about the little plant walking across the page? Lol it's cute, but what is it. 🤣
- It's an Azalea!
- LOL! I couldn't figure it out either. My guess: an intern with the website password and too much time on their hands.
- Hydrangea?
Wasn't this reported months ago? And zones didn't suddenly shift just because the USDA said so. They've shifted over time because of climate change. The USDA just finally got around to catching up.

I used to be news director for an NPR member station, and even I think this is sloppy work.
- This is a tool derived from that report which directly shows how the user's local environment has changed. Kind of trippy to see that the environment of my childhood is not the same as the environment I'm living in now. It's a good educational tool.
  
  Agreed. My issue is with NPR's breathless headline and pretending that this is "news."

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