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:
Official State Bird of Michigan. Michigan designated robin redbreast (American robin) as the official state bird in 1931 after an election held by the Michigan Audubon Society. All state birds. The legislation noted that the robin redbreast is the best known and best loved of all the birds in the state of Michigan. The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is also the state bird of Connecticut and Wisconsin. Robin Facts