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:
There is now one, official set of colors to represent the entire University of Michigan system. One blue. One maize. The new palette was chosen to work across all platforms so they will be consistent on the web, in a four-color process, or as a spot color on coated and uncoated papers alike.