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Your free Garden Report

One ZIP code — your USDA growing zone, frost dates, growing season, and when it's safe to plant. Everything you need to start growing where you live.

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New to gardening? Here's what your report means

Three numbers do most of the work when you're starting out — here's each one in plain English.

Your growing zone (USDA hardiness zone)

Your USDA hardiness zone is a number-and-letter like 6a, based on how cold your winters get. It tells you which perennials, shrubs, and trees can survive the winter where you live — every plant tag and seed packet lists the zones it's good for. Match the plant to your zone and it comes back year after year.

Your frost dates

Your last spring frost is roughly the last cold snap that can kill tender plants in spring; your first fall frost is when that cold returns in autumn. Tomatoes, peppers, basil, and most flowers can't take frost — so you plant them out after your last spring frost and expect them to fade around your first fall frost.

Your growing season

The stretch between those two frosts is your growing season — the frost-free days you have to work with. A 150-day season is plenty for tomatoes; a short 90-day season means you'll want quick-maturing varieties or a head start indoors. It's the single best number for planning what you can grow.

Now see the actual sun on your yard

Your report tells you when to plant. Bee Come Native shows you where — a map of direct sun hours across every square foot of your property.

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Garden Report FAQ

What's in the Garden Report?

From your ZIP: your USDA hardiness zone, your last spring frost and first fall frost, the length of your growing season, and the date it's generally safe to plant tender crops outside.

How accurate is it?

Your growing zone and frost dates come from about ten years of real daily temperature history for your location (Open-Meteo climate archive) — not a latitude guess. Great for planning; your local microclimate can still shift things a little year to year.

What is a growing season?

It's the frost-free window between your last spring frost and your first fall frost — the stretch when tender plants can be outside safely. We show its length in days.

Do I need an account?

No. Enter your ZIP and your report appears instantly. An account (free) just lets you save it and unlock the full sun-mapping tool for your property.