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:
By The Plain Dealer. Email the author | Follow on Twitter. on September 16, 2015 at 11:02 AM, updated September 16, 2015 at 11:44 AM. CLEVELAND, Ohio - That rainy first half of the summer was good for something: strong, healthy trees that should produce a vibrant - and delayed - fall color season in Ohio.