{"id":359,"date":"2012-02-05T19:50:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T01:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/?p=359"},"modified":"2012-02-05T19:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T01:57:47","slug":"most-of-north-texas-now-in-aone-8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/05\/most-of-north-texas-now-in-aone-8a\/","title":{"rendered":"Most of North Texas Now in Zone 8A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA recently released an updated version of their &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/planthardiness.ars.usda.gov\/PHZMWeb\/About.aspx\">plant hardiness zone map<\/a>&#8216; (or the PHZM if you like using government acronyms). \u00a0The new map is based on more recent data that spanned a longer time period. \u00a0In general, most areas moved up 1\/2 of a zone, and almost all of the north Texas is now in &#8216;Zone 8a&#8217;, which means the average annual extreme minimum temperature has been between 10 and 15 degrees\u00a0Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/USDAzones.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/05\/most-of-north-texas-now-in-aone-8a\/usdazones\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/USDAzones.png?fit=923%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"923,602\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USDAzones\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/USDAzones.png?fit=600%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360\" title=\"USDAzones\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/USDAzones.png?resize=923%2C602\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/USDAzones.png?w=923&amp;ssl=1 923w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/USDAzones.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/05\/most-of-north-texas-now-in-aone-8a\/tx_e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?fit=2550%2C3300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2550,3300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TX_E\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?fit=463%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361\" title=\"TX_E\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?resize=2550%2C3300\" alt=\"\" width=\"2550\" height=\"3300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?w=2550&amp;ssl=1 2550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TX_E.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA recently released an updated version of their &#8216;plant hardiness zone map&#8216; 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