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:
I bought Michigan blue at lowes, it's pretty close to the color of Denard's fathead jersey color. Glidden (available at Home Depot) has the colors laid out. If you have a paint preference, most places have computers that can match colors to their paint from examples, like a poster or something.