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"Preserving the future, one seed at a time." ™ Quick Links New for 2010 Vegetable Seeds Flower Seeds Herb Seeds Site Map Search Our Site • U.S. Frost Dates • Canadian Frost Dates • Hardiness Zone Maps • Garden Planting Guide • U.S. Ag Extension Links • "Why Heirlooms?" FAQ • "A Case for Heirlooms" • Glossary of Terms • Seed Saving Tips • Vegetable Origins • Scoville Units • Other Useful Links • Measurement Conversion	USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Northeast US: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia [Back to the Zone Map Page] [Back to Victory Seeds™ Main Page] Check the color of the section in your area on the map with the color key below. Zones 2a through 7b represented here   USDA Hardiness Zones and Average Annual Minimum Temperature Range  USDA Zone  Temperature Range Example Cities 2a -50 to -45 F  (-42.8 to -45.5 C) Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Flin Flon, Manitoba (Canada) 2b -45 to -40 F  (-40.0 to -42.7 C) Unalakleet, Alaska Pinecreek, Minnesota 3a -40 to -35 F  (-37.3 to -39.9 C) International Falls, Minnesota St. Michael, Alaska 3b -35 to -30 F  (-34.5 to -37.2 C) Tomahawk, Wisconsin Sidney, Montana 4a -30 to -25 F  (-31.7 to -34.4 C) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Lewistown, Montana 4b -25 to -20 F  (-28.9 to -31.6 C) Northwood, Iowa Nebraska 5a -20 to -15 F  (-26.2 to -28.8 C) Des Moines, Iowa Illinois 5b -15 to -10 F  (-23.4 to -26.1 C) Columbia, Missouri Mansfield, Pennsylvania 6a -10 to -5 F  (-20.6 to -23.3 C) St. Louis, Missouri Lebanon, Pennsylvania 6b -5 to 0 F  (-17.8 to -20.5 C) McMinnville, Tennessee Branson, Missouri 7a 0 to 5 F  (-15.0 to -17.7 C) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma South Boston, Virginia 7b 5 to 10 F  (-12.3 to -14.9 C) Little Rock, Arkansas Griffin, Georgia  Listed by zone.  -- Names of representative plants listed under the coldest zones in which they normally succeed. Listed alphabetically.  -- Cold hardiness ratings (zones) for selected woody plants.
Data based on USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 1475.  Issued January 1990, U.S. National Arboretum, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20002. Security Copyright © 1998 - 2010 -- All rights reserved -- the Victory Seed Company Privacy Updated on May 07, 2010