Plant Hardiness Zones. Plant hardiness zones help gardeners understand which plants will most likely survive at a location. It is important that your plants can thrive year-round, surviving extreme temperatures. Note: Zone maps do have shortfalls; if the information is inaccurate, you may live in a microclimate.
In normal years, colors peak in the first week of October on the U.P., the second week of October in northern Lower Michigan and the last two weeks of October in southern Lower Michigan. When the colors do peak, here are some of the best bets for fall foliage viewing from Pure Michigan:
July Through August is Blueberry Season in Michigan. Whether your choice is high bush, low bush, wild, or cultivated; July through August is Blueberry time in Michigan. Cultivated farm berries ripen early in July. The harvest lasts for weeks. Berry season slowly moves northward with most wild berries along Lake Superior finishing Labor Day Weekend.