The teacher in you always shines through, Jenny! Great update. We have remained the same at 8a in the NC Sandhills. I appreciate that some PW annuals are actually perennial here. The fun of gardening to me is analyzing what works and adapting to new ideas. Thanks for everything you do to take us along on the Creekside ride and teach us old gardeners new things! 😊
Hello, Jenny. I have got to tell you THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU again for repeating over and over again garden concepts (i.e. what to prune and what not to prune, knowing your zone, etc. etc. etc.). You are truly a master teacher! I, for one, need to hear it again and again to get it in my understanding as a fairly new gardener. God blessed me with you as one of my most valuable resources! I never tire listening to you. Love and appreciate you!
We went from zone 4b to 5a here in southern Minnesota but are really close to the line of where it is still 4b, so while at first I was excited to try more zone 5 plants… I’m going to be wary of this for a bit. Think Japanese Maple… I have wanted one forever but …..that is an expensive experiment!!
I have observed an increase and prolonged period of higher temperatures, especially in the summer. My zone has changed from 8b to 9. This summer, there were many perennial failures. My garden became a trial. What survived and what didn't. I am using those observations to guide my plant selections in the 2024 season. Flowering shrubs will be tricky. North Florida has been ideal for growing camelia and Japanese maples. Mild winter are fine but it is the summer heat that is a killer.
I know they up’d a half step for most everyone but I think everyone should be cautious with this . Zone is just cold hardiness not factoring dry , and heat conditions. Example a zone 6 in Oklahoma might not be the same as a zone 6 in Michigan because of moisture ( snow cover , winter rain ) .
When living in Geneva Switzerland they grow the cardoon for Christmas dinner, they make white sauce and after trimming and dicing they cook them in the oven. Much like you would do with swiss chard. It was a delicious side dish. They would wrap the stem/stalks with newspaper so they would go white. I knew who was growing it just by the wrapping of the newspaper. Funny memory from 20 years ago when I lived there for 3 years (my mom was from Geneva, it was such as special moment in my life to experience where she was born)😅🇨🇦🇨🇭
My zone actually dropped from 8b to 8a. Neighboring town (2-3 miles away) remained 8b. The change actually makes sense to me since we always seemed to be cooler than areas nearby. (And microclimate wise, I think it really makes sense for my particular garden since we're at 700' above sea level compared to our zip code which is about 200' elevation) We always have harder frosts and more snow.
My area of North MS was solidly in zone 7B according to the old map. The new one shows most of the surrounding counties now in 8A, but a large part of my county is still in zone 7B. I guess that explains why it is always 2 degrees colder at my house than the forecast said it would be!
I’m middle TN & have been 7a (will check if I’ve changed), but I now choose plants for zone 6 because I’ve lost too many plants to freezes and snow. My only “sheltered “ areas are full shade and very small areas, everything else is full exposure to all the weather
I have the same issue in Oklahoma 7A. Last five years three of those years -17, -20 and -23. I have lost so many established plants. I plant for zone 6 now.
That's true, it does depend a lot on the microclimate you have in your yard. I'm 7a too, but I'm south facing and full sun, so it gets very hot in my yard. I just picked the last of my tomatoes a few weeks ago. They survived a couple of freezes. I also noticed that the snapdragons come back every year for me as well.
I live on a little over 2 acres. On the color map it looked like my property was part 7a and part 7b. I zoomed in on the map close enough that it went to an actual Google Maps picture of my house and property. You can click around on different parts of your property and it will tell you the exact zone. Sure enough, it turns out the front of my property is still 7a and the back is now 7b. Weird! 😄
Thank you Jenny - went from 9b to 10a! Getting warmer in hot, humid Florida! But I am not a fan of true tropicals. Much prefer plants that thrive in your zone. What I wouldn't do to grow peonies....!
I was not surprised to learn that my zone 8a changed to 8b. I'm on the coast of southeastern NC. I don't feel as concerned about my plants surviving the cold as I do them surviving the heat.
Here in southern PA we went from 6b to 7a but this doesn't change the way I plant things. I only wish the USDA would have a better formula by also including heat zones and sustained cold temperatures, etc. The sun's light intensity on a southern state zone 6b isn't the same as northern 6b state.
Hey Jenny. My zone is not found. Weird. I’m in Orlando Fla last checked zone 9. Maybe I didn’t change. Love you for all that you do. Good to see you Miss B ❤
After the freezing temps last winter, I'm not going to change my planning. For my old 6B garden (now 7A), I try to get plants that are hardy from zones 4-8.
I want to thank you Miss Jenny so much for introducing us to the Tea Olive/sweet osmanthus and the October Magic camellia. I just purchased both and am planting them today. I’m so excited for the fragrance of one and the bloom on the other … yay!!! Thanks for all you do. You’ve helped me and my garden tremendously 🦋
😂❤😂 Jenny, you have answered a question that I've been wanting to know what zone I'm really in. I was a 6b but now I'm officially a zone 7a. Cherokee County is probably 6 miles f4om me and they are in zone 7a, 7b and sometimes 8a. I love it that we are getting staying a little bit warmer. Thank you so much for working so hard for us, also thank you Jerry❤😂❤
The USDA Website just keeps crashing when I enter my zip code. You are a wealth of knowledge and always so informative. I appreciate the fact that you have the answers to many of our questions. Your UA-cam is one of the best when you want to really learn to be a better gardener. You also are very truthful about your successes as well as your failures.
I appreciate your conversation of dreaming big for the next season. Thanks for for discussing the change of hardiness zones and the tour of your fall annuals. The plants are looking great.
I have always been in 8 A, but I’ve had Begonias come back each year if they are in the ground. They even survived the Artic blast last year. Thank you for the information, Jenny. South Carolina midlands 🌺
I live in New Jersey 10 minutes from the city of Philadelphia, PA. Im hardiness zone 7a. I started paying attention to zones maybe like 8years ago and I was a zone 6. I don't recall if it was 6A or 6B. I noticed about 5years ago maybe 6 years ago my zone changed.There were certain annual plants that should not over winter.... did.
Jenny, thanks for sharing the good news I went from 4b to 5a not much of difference. I am always pushing my growing zone look forward to adding new plants. The patio is looking beautiful!
So happy to see Brynna enjoying the beautiful weather in the backyard! I went to the USDA website and typed in my ZIP Code, but it keeps telling me “no results. “ Guess I will have to wait and see, maybe the website is updating right now?🤷♀️ it’ll be interesting to see if I went from a. 9A to a 9B. Your patio garden is beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with us today.💕🍃🍂☘️
So glad you addressed the zones! Here just above you in SW VA, we went from 6B to 7A. Yay!? It is the answer to my prayers-I can grow more southern plants. But it's also a stressor. I've lost more new plants here over the winter than when we lived farther north. The reason is probably that when we get coldest here in our niche of the Blue Ridge, there's likely no snow cover, so new plantings lacking widespread roots dry out in the top layer of frozen soil.
Saint Louis MO here. We jumped from a 6A to a 7A, which is awesome and hopefully the glads will come back if I leave them. Maybe even Dahlias? I need to research. But given our November first frosts, this makes so much sense.
I was able to do the zip code search on my laptop, not my IPhone (in case anyone is having trouble with the search mode on the USDA website). Wow! I went from a 6b/7a to a 7b!
In my area you could be hot or cold because I believe we are 10 to 12:00 some areas are nine it's weird out here some of the areas here are snow and sometimes this is California we have many different zones
You are on top of it providing much needed information!! Thanks Jenny!! You are always looking out for "your people" and I really appreciate it! I went from a 6b to 7a here in south central Kentucky.
Not sure about this, since last year's hard freeze took some of my plants, even though it's now labeled an 8a where I am, too. Microclimates are a huge factor in where you plant. We'll see what this winter brings. . .
Stunning just stunning you gave me ideas and options especially to cover the ugly my roses are in pots can I put climbers in pots ? Blessings your way🌹🌹🌹
Please help. I have planted violas and pansies in flower pots on my back deck. The squirrels are eating my flowers. Do you have any suggestions for how to keep them from eating my flowers? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I've been growing 8a easily for a while, so time to try pushing some 8b plants. I know of a lady in Charlotte who has a Thaumatophyllum (9-11) that has been returning for years! 😲 (Loving those precious white shishis!)
This map is based on historical data what has happened is that they with more recent data created a new map. I am looking at as no change because I am on the borderline. The winters are increasingly unpredictable here in New England with temps dropping to -10 F earlier this year…. There are increasingly warm days and super cold winter days - it is those oscillations that is the issue for some plants IMHO
What about plants that need a certain amount of cold time to perform? I assume that some plants fall off the list of options whereas you gained plant options on the warmer end of the spectrum like you described.
The hardiness zones are based on 30 year AVERAGE low temperatures. ..not the actual coldest temperatures. There will still be warmer than average winters amd colder than average winters. I am now well into 6a instead of on the border between 5b and 6a. I still plant perennials and shrubs for zone 5 to hedge against multiday arctic outbreaks.
I just realized that my white ShiShi camellia buds are brown and dropping off. Would that have been because of the first frost or the dry weather? I believe they were ok after the frost. Confused.
Thanks! I moved from a 6b to 7 in my area in Missouri. P.s. I noticed Grinna ?? Chasing the gator in yesterday’s video. My Aussie was doing that and the wheel caught his foot and broke his toe so he now has a funky toe and nail that grows straight up. My unsolicited advice is use your trainer to nip that bad habit. Sorry!! Hugs and kisses to Miss Grinna. 😍
So I saw that. However, my zone went one or two zones warmer. I totally disagree with that. The last four years we have dropped to -17 and -22, which is more like a zone 4 or 5. I cannot plant for my zone now much less the new rating.
NW Arkansas We are zone 6 but last few years have had -22 or -17. We plant zone 5 for winter but we also get up to 109 in summer 😩 lost a lot of shrubs last few years due to sudden and drastic freeze. I will NOT plant my new zone.
Having more extreme hot and cold will limit what we can plant.. even if a few extreme cold snaps happen but our winters on average are warmer that cold snap is still going to kill everything that can’t survive it.. so as the climate warms on average and moves the zones up the extreme cold snaps will still kill off stuff for the warmer zone. It will be weird to see how this averages out in the next 5-10 years.. by then the zones will have to change again.. gardeners are going to witness climate change the expensive way when our plants get killed.
@GardeningwithCreekside I'm here in Winston-Salem NC. I put in my zip code and it says it doesn't exist. I'm thinking I stayed the same or just turned 8a like your place
Won't it make a difference to what zone plants were assigned to in the trial gardens? If a plant was trialed in a zone 7 garden and it thrived, but now that garden is zone 8, wouldn't the tag need to change if the max zone was previously zone 7? What was hardy zone 4 -7 would now be zone 4 -8.
Nope... not going to do it! I have lost too many plants because of promises that we could "maybe" have success with a zone 7 plant. In my old 6a zone, even last year we had the -20 degree nights. It only lasts about a week for several weeks a year. And, then there are the 60 mile an hour winds with the lower chill factor. Zero degree temperatures are risky business and imagine me running out the door (usually at 10pm), grill in the wheel barrow with a garden cart of bricks to heat and put under blankets and frost cloths hoping to keep the plants warm enough. Nope, not worth it. I will stick to the old 5b to 6a... I live in the safe zone.
Jenny seems stressed today and Brenna is really enjoying being outdoors. No change in my zone, hot and hotter. Take a deep breathe and enjoy what you have. Breath 1,2,3,4 hold 1,2,3,4, exhale 1,2,3,4 😌
EXACTLY. We have no idea how they may have changed the way they calculate these zones (like the way they've changed how they calculate inflation) just to convince people that there is "global warming".
Just cuz they change the number it doesn’t mean the plant will survive. If we get a colder than normal winter here in twin cities you could flush serious money down the drain.
The teacher in you always shines through, Jenny! Great update. We have remained the same at 8a in the NC Sandhills. I appreciate that some PW annuals are actually perennial here. The fun of gardening to me is analyzing what works and adapting to new ideas. Thanks for everything you do to take us along on the Creekside ride and teach us old gardeners new things! 😊
Hello, Jenny. I have got to tell you THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU again for repeating over and over again garden concepts (i.e. what to prune and what not to prune, knowing your zone, etc. etc. etc.). You are truly a master teacher! I, for one, need to hear it again and again to get it in my understanding as a fairly new gardener. God blessed me with you as one of my most valuable resources! I never tire listening to you. Love and appreciate you!
Thank you !!
We went from zone 4b to 5a here in southern Minnesota but are really close to the line of where it is still 4b, so while at first I was excited to try more zone 5 plants… I’m going to be wary of this for a bit. Think Japanese Maple… I have wanted one forever but …..that is an expensive experiment!!
Same situation here in Vermont.
I have observed an increase and prolonged period of higher temperatures, especially in the summer. My zone has changed from 8b to 9. This summer, there were many perennial failures. My garden became a trial. What survived and what didn't. I am using those observations to guide my plant selections in the 2024 season. Flowering shrubs will be tricky. North Florida has been ideal for growing camelia and Japanese maples. Mild winter are fine but it is the summer heat that is a killer.
I know they up’d a half step for most everyone but I think everyone should be cautious with this . Zone is just cold hardiness not factoring dry , and heat conditions. Example a zone 6 in Oklahoma might not be the same as a zone 6 in Michigan because of moisture ( snow cover , winter rain ) .
Excellent point! It’s another great reason why we have to be students of our own gardens.
When living in Geneva Switzerland they grow the cardoon for Christmas dinner, they make white sauce and after trimming and dicing they cook them in the oven. Much like you would do with swiss chard. It was a delicious side dish. They would wrap the stem/stalks with newspaper so they would go white. I knew who was growing it just by the wrapping of the newspaper. Funny memory from 20 years ago when I lived there for 3 years (my mom was from Geneva, it was such as special moment in my life to experience where she was born)😅🇨🇦🇨🇭
That’s so interesting, thank you!
I live in Milwaukee. I learned more from this video than all of the local news coverage of the time. Thanks!
So glad it was helpful!
My zone actually dropped from 8b to 8a. Neighboring town (2-3 miles away) remained 8b. The change actually makes sense to me since we always seemed to be cooler than areas nearby. (And microclimate wise, I think it really makes sense for my particular garden since we're at 700' above sea level compared to our zip code which is about 200' elevation) We always have harder frosts and more snow.
I have a gardening book from 1941 that includes the Hardiness Zone map. Back then most of Michigan was a zone 3. Now my area, 48381, is 6a
WOW!
Global warming is real 😳
My area of North MS was solidly in zone 7B according to the old map. The new one shows most of the surrounding counties now in 8A, but a large part of my county is still in zone 7B. I guess that explains why it is always 2 degrees colder at my house than the forecast said it would be!
I’m middle TN & have been 7a (will check if I’ve changed), but I now choose plants for zone 6 because I’ve lost too many plants to freezes and snow. My only “sheltered “ areas are full shade and very small areas, everything else is full exposure to all the weather
I have the same issue in Oklahoma 7A. Last five years three of those years -17, -20 and -23. I have lost so many established plants. I plant for zone 6 now.
That's true, it does depend a lot on the microclimate you have in your yard. I'm 7a too, but I'm south facing and full sun, so it gets very hot in my yard. I just picked the last of my tomatoes a few weeks ago. They survived a couple of freezes. I also noticed that the snapdragons come back every year for me as well.
I didn't know they were updating already so thanks for the info! And the leaves falling gently in the background made an even more beautiful video.
You are so welcome!
We had a week of snow and we got upgraded to a hotter climate!!! Northwest houston
You’re now in my zone. Mine didn’t change. I’m in zone 8a. Mid Eastern Virginia.
I live on a little over 2 acres. On the color map it looked like my property was part 7a and part 7b. I zoomed in on the map close enough that it went to an actual Google Maps picture of my house and property. You can click around on different parts of your property and it will tell you the exact zone. Sure enough, it turns out the front of my property is still 7a and the back is now 7b. Weird! 😄
Micro climates!
Thank you Jenny - went from 9b to 10a! Getting warmer in hot, humid Florida! But I am not a fan of true tropicals. Much prefer plants that thrive in your zone. What I wouldn't do to grow peonies....!
I was not surprised to learn that my zone 8a changed to 8b. I'm on the coast of southeastern NC. I don't feel as concerned about my plants surviving the cold as I do them surviving the heat.
🍁🍂🍃 , leaves were falling as you were giving the updates on our weather zones .
Yeah weather and climate are two different things so…
Hello Creekside Krew, yes our growing x
Zone has bumped up to 10b in So Cal. Here we worry more about heat and too much sun.
Here in southern PA we went from 6b to 7a but this doesn't change the way I plant things. I only wish the USDA would have a better formula by also including heat zones and sustained cold temperatures, etc. The sun's light intensity on a southern state zone 6b isn't the same as northern 6b state.
Hey Jenny. My zone is not found. Weird. I’m in Orlando Fla last checked zone 9. Maybe I didn’t change.
Love you for all that you do. Good to see you Miss B ❤
If you're worried about not being able to grow red twig dogwood which maxes out at its tag at zone 7, I am so nine and my red twig dogwood is thriving
I'm thankfully the same zone 8 as I have been. I miss my cold hardy plants already
After the freezing temps last winter, I'm not going to change my planning. For my old 6B garden (now 7A), I try to get plants that are hardy from zones 4-8.
Jenny,
Yey--looks like I'm now in VA Zone 7B! Time for more Loropetalum!... & Camellias...& Mahonia!...&...oh, my, sooooo many more options!!! 😃
We went from 8 to 9. Savannah GA
I have jumped from a 6b to a 7a ❤ I have watched the pillow talk Gardena and now I can grab it for my garden
Thanks for sharing USDA update. And of course seeing your garden and boxes is always fun ❤!
I want to thank you Miss Jenny so much for introducing us to the Tea Olive/sweet osmanthus and the October Magic camellia. I just purchased both and am planting them today. I’m so excited for the fragrance of one and the bloom on the other … yay!!!
Thanks for all you do. You’ve helped me and my garden tremendously 🦋
OMG we updated to 6A from 5B. Tell my butterfly bushes that. We our at the lower end of what they like but didn't survive last years artic blast.
😂❤😂 Jenny, you have answered a question that I've been wanting to know what zone I'm really in. I was a 6b but now I'm officially a zone 7a. Cherokee County is probably 6 miles f4om me and they are in zone 7a, 7b and sometimes 8a. I love it that we are getting staying a little bit warmer. Thank you so much for working so hard for us, also thank you Jerry❤😂❤
The USDA Website just keeps crashing when I enter my zip code. You are a wealth of knowledge and always so informative. I appreciate the fact that you have the answers to many of our questions. Your UA-cam is one of the best when you want to really learn to be a better gardener. You also are very truthful about your successes as well as your failures.
That website has been crashing since they put it up.
I just tried it and it worked for me.
I appreciate your conversation of dreaming big for the next season. Thanks for for discussing the change of hardiness zones and the tour of your fall annuals. The plants are looking great.
Glad it was helpful!
I learned so much from this video. Thank you Jenny!
I have always been in 8 A, but I’ve had Begonias come back each year if they are in the ground. They even survived the Artic blast last year. Thank you for the information, Jenny. South Carolina midlands 🌺
My zone in the Finger Lakes region of New York state has stayed a 6a!!
I just planted my yin and Yang that I got from Creekside. I like that they are evergreen!
I live in New Jersey 10 minutes from the city of Philadelphia, PA. Im hardiness zone 7a. I started paying attention to zones maybe like 8years ago and I was a zone 6. I don't recall if it was 6A or 6B. I noticed about 5years ago maybe 6 years ago my zone changed.There were certain annual plants that should not over winter.... did.
Jenny, thanks for sharing the good news I went from 4b to 5a not much of difference. I am always pushing my growing zone look forward to adding new plants. The patio is looking beautiful!
So happy to see Brynna enjoying the beautiful weather in the backyard! I went to the USDA website and typed in my ZIP Code, but it keeps telling me “no results. “ Guess I will have to wait and see, maybe the website is updating right now?🤷♀️ it’ll be interesting to see if I went from a. 9A to a 9B. Your patio garden is beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with us today.💕🍃🍂☘️
I just tried it and it worked for me. 😊
@@loricawley54 Tried it x4. I even started thinking “did I put in my ZIP Code, right?” lol 🙂
No results for my zip code either
@@juliabinford6500 frustrating for sure!
No result for my zip code also.
Love what you are doing! It’s going to be so beautiful! ❤
Thank you so much!
Welcome to Zone 8 Officially Jenny! I think its time for some Bananas and Palms! :)
Oh my! Baby steps my friend, baby steps 😂
So glad you addressed the zones! Here just above you in SW VA, we went from 6B to 7A. Yay!? It is the answer to my prayers-I can grow more southern plants. But it's also a stressor. I've lost more new plants here over the winter than when we lived farther north. The reason is probably that when we get coldest here in our niche of the Blue Ridge, there's likely no snow cover, so new plantings lacking widespread roots dry out in the top layer of frozen soil.
You're right, went from an A to a B.
Welcome to 8A - just like me in North Texas 😊
Saint Louis MO here. We jumped from a 6A to a 7A, which is awesome and hopefully the glads will come back if I leave them. Maybe even Dahlias? I need to research. But given our November first frosts, this makes so much sense.
I was able to do the zip code search on my laptop, not my IPhone (in case anyone is having trouble with the search mode on the USDA website). Wow! I went from a 6b/7a to a 7b!
In my area you could be hot or cold because I believe we are 10 to 12:00 some areas are nine it's weird out here some of the areas here are snow and sometimes this is California we have many different zones
I find it strange because Houston has had many deep freezes The past few winters, we lose subtropicals that can usual take a normal winter.
You are on top of it providing much needed information!! Thanks Jenny!! You are always looking out for "your people" and I really appreciate it! I went from a 6b to 7a here in south central Kentucky.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the update!!!
I love those white shi shi’s. I have like 25 and made a hedge. Mine are blooming too.
We stayed the same. But Jenny youre now our zone 8a. Im just an hr south of Raleigh. 🙂
Watching from Delaware.
Not sure about this, since last year's hard freeze took some of my plants, even though it's now labeled an 8a where I am, too. Microclimates are a huge factor in where you plant. We'll see what this winter brings. . .
Wow. Great information
Stunning just stunning you gave me ideas and options especially to cover the ugly my roses are in pots can I put climbers in pots ? Blessings your way🌹🌹🌹
Didn’t see the link from this video for zone map
Here you go! planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/home
Please help. I have planted violas and pansies in flower pots on my back deck. The squirrels are eating my flowers. Do you have any suggestions for how to keep them from eating my flowers? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I've been growing 8a easily for a while, so time to try pushing some 8b plants. I know of a lady in Charlotte who has a Thaumatophyllum (9-11) that has been returning for years! 😲 (Loving those precious white shishis!)
OKCOOL, NOW MAYBE MY AREA AROUND BE WILL ALL BE A 8. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN 8 EVEN THOUGH I AM ONLY 40 MIN FROM YOU. CRAZY!!!
Welcome to my zone Jenny 😉
I checked out the map and was surprised to see in my zip code we are 8a and 8b. Is the soil temp what they use to determine the zone or air temp?
Nanaimo BC Canada is now 8 B so we are warmer than you now?
This map is based on historical data what has happened is that they with more recent data created a new map. I am looking at as no change because I am on the borderline. The winters are increasingly unpredictable here in New England with temps dropping to -10 F earlier this year…. There are increasingly warm days and super cold winter days - it is those oscillations that is the issue for some plants IMHO
I’m still 8a in N GA ! Too hot for me!
We moved from a 6 to a 6b.
Still the same in my iowa garden zone 5a 😭
Good info!
I went from a zone 6 to a zone 7. still plant like a zone 5. I don't understand how they can up them so frequently lately without 30 years going by.
I think they’re changing the map every 10-15 years i guess based on what the maps said
I wonder if garden centers will carry some 7 zone plants in my area now in lower NY 🤷🏻♀️
My zip code says no results. I tried all the neighboring zip codes... no results.
No change for me 😊 still a zone 5a in Northwest Iowa. I would have loved to be moved to a 6!
It will be interesting to see if the cooler zones relatively stay the same and if it is only the warmer zones that got moved up to a new zone.
@@GardeningwithCreekside I agree. Maybe the next time the zone map changes, we'll see more of the cooler zones go up.
Same for me here in Iowa.
What about plants that need a certain amount of cold time to perform? I assume that some plants fall off the list of options whereas you gained plant options on the warmer end of the spectrum like you described.
The hardiness zones are based on 30 year AVERAGE low temperatures. ..not the actual coldest temperatures. There will still be warmer than average winters amd colder than average winters. I am now well into 6a instead of on the border between 5b and 6a. I still plant perennials and shrubs for zone 5 to hedge against multiday arctic outbreaks.
I went from 6b to 6a. 😢 Makes me sad. I wanted to have gone up also.
Have a wonderful weekend all!!Do you decorate your outside for the holiday sesons?
I just realized that my white ShiShi camellia buds are brown and dropping off. Would that have been because of the first frost or the dry weather? I believe they were ok after the frost. Confused.
Bud drop is due to lack of water.
NE Montana stayed the same. Zone 4a. Shoot. ☹
I wonder why when I click on the link, and type in my zip code, its says information unavailable?
Folks have been saying that the website is having trouble (I assume to high amounts of traffic on the site). I would check back later.
I tryed to look up my zone in the zip code but it said not found my zip code is 36618 thank u Jenny
Hi 👋 Jenny
Thanks! I moved from a 6b to 7 in my area in Missouri.
P.s. I noticed Grinna ?? Chasing the gator in yesterday’s video. My Aussie was doing that and the wheel caught his foot and broke his toe so he now has a funky toe and nail that grows straight up. My unsolicited advice is use your trainer to nip that bad habit. Sorry!! Hugs and kisses to Miss Grinna. 😍
I think the dog’s name is Brenna, I had to hear it a few times myself till I got it
It didn’t change my zone 5b 🤨
So I saw that. However, my zone went one or two zones warmer. I totally disagree with that. The last four years we have dropped to -17 and -22, which is more like a zone 4 or 5. I cannot plant for my zone now much less the new rating.
So interesting! Out of curiosity, where do you live?
I'm with you, we get down to -30 or more every winter, but we are zone 5a. I try to plant most things rated for zone 3 or 4.
NW Arkansas We are zone 6 but last few years have had -22 or -17. We plant zone 5 for winter but we also get up to 109 in summer 😩 lost a lot of shrubs last few years due to sudden and drastic freeze. I will NOT plant my new zone.
Having more extreme hot and cold will limit what we can plant.. even if a few extreme cold snaps happen but our winters on average are warmer that cold snap is still going to kill everything that can’t survive it.. so as the climate warms on average and moves the zones up the extreme cold snaps will still kill off stuff for the warmer zone. It will be weird to see how this averages out in the next 5-10 years.. by then the zones will have to change again.. gardeners are going to witness climate change the expensive way when our plants get killed.
@@bitchywoman Absolutely! The last 5 years have been extreme in my area both hot and cold.
Link is not working
Hmm, it seems to be working for me
@GardeningwithCreekside I'm here in Winston-Salem NC. I put in my zip code and it says it doesn't exist. I'm thinking I stayed the same or just turned 8a like your place
I tried 17 zip codes that I know of in Ohio and none of them worked.
Go figure, nothing in our government works as it should.
Ut-oh.
Won't it make a difference to what zone plants were assigned to in the trial gardens? If a plant was trialed in a zone 7 garden and it thrived, but now that garden is zone 8, wouldn't the tag need to change if the max zone was previously zone 7? What was hardy zone 4 -7 would now be zone 4 -8.
We know have have some 9b in South Carolina💀
2B or not 2B? 😅 (sorry, couldn’t resist!)
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The updated map means clmate change is real😢
ITS TO BAD WE AER IN ZONE 6
Nope... not going to do it! I have lost too many plants because of promises that we could "maybe" have success with a zone 7 plant. In my old 6a zone, even last year we had the -20 degree nights. It only lasts about a week for several weeks a year. And, then there are the 60 mile an hour winds with the lower chill factor. Zero degree temperatures are risky business and imagine me running out the door (usually at 10pm), grill in the wheel barrow with a garden cart of bricks to heat and put under blankets and frost cloths hoping to keep the plants warm enough. Nope, not worth it. I will stick to the old 5b to 6a... I live in the safe zone.
Does anyone know in what way the hardiness zones changed the last time they changed them in 2012?
You do realize that changing the map doesn't change your climate right?
The changes in the map just reflects what has already happened.
I agree 100%! It confirms what we already knew.
Jenny seems stressed today and Brenna is really enjoying being outdoors. No change in my zone, hot and hotter. Take a deep breathe and enjoy what you have. Breath 1,2,3,4 hold 1,2,3,4, exhale 1,2,3,4 😌
Really? 🤦♀️
My zip code says no results found 😂
From what people are saying, the system is a bit overwhelmed 😉
If you could grow it before you can still grow it now. Someone needed to justify their salary. Must be global warming😂.
EXACTLY. We have no idea how they may have changed the way they calculate these zones (like the way they've changed how they calculate inflation) just to convince people that there is "global warming".
🙄 if you garden you should be aware climate change is real
Yeah
Just cuz they change the number it doesn’t mean the plant will survive. If we get a colder than normal winter here in twin cities you could flush serious money down the drain.
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19:42 I’m glad I got a Yin and Yang earlier this year!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍