USA Today has a great interactive map showing how gardening conditions are changing across the country as the planet warms.

You’ll notice that southern Oklahoma is now seeing conditions similar to those in mid-Texas in 1990.

A story with the graphic says the standard growing zone map that gardeners often use is 18 years old.

Typically, Oklahoma gardeners are told to plant after April 15.

John David Sutter
Environment Reporter

jsutter@oklahoman.comĀ