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When you’re shopping for trees, shrubs or perennials, the hardiness zone should be one of the first things you check.

In November, the USDA updated its Plant Hardiness Zone map for the first time in over a decade. It ranges from 1a to 13b, and the majority of the United States falls between zones 4 and 8.