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:
Industry News. Michigan Starting Feb 22 the entire state of Michigan will be under spring restrictions On Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 at 12:01 a.m., the Winter Load Increase period ends and the Spring Load Restrictions begin for the south, southeast and metro. Central zones starts Feb. 21st.