To help farmers and gardeners lay the foundation for their crops and gardens, the United States Department of Agriculture has a Plant Hardiness Zone Map. For the first time since 2012, ...

About half of the country moved into a slightly warmer zone in the Agriculture Department’s new “plant hardiness” map, an important guide for gardeners. Climate change may be a factor.

One of the major changes in this year’s edition of the hardiness map is the zone boundaries. The USDA states that the new zones are generally about one-quarter-zone warmer than reported in 2012 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a new version of its well-known Plant Hardiness Zone map earlier this month, an online tool that classifies growing regions based on extremely cold ...

The Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones ranging from zone 1 (coldest) to zone 13 (warmest), the USDA notes.

To help farmers and gardeners lay the foundation for their crops and gardens, the United States Department of Agriculture has a Plant Hardiness Zone Map. For the first time since 2012, ...

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

To help farmers and gardeners lay the foundation for their crops and gardens, the United States Department of Agriculture has a Plant Hardiness Zone Map. For the first time since 2012, ...

To help farmers and gardeners lay the foundation for their crops and gardens, the United States Department of Agriculture has a Plant Hardiness Zone Map. For the first time since 2012, ...

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.