If you live in USDA hardiness zone 8 and are not sure what to plant, here is a comprehensive list of ones you should consider ...

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map consists of 13 individual zones that take in all of the contiguous United States, plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The first zone lies at the coldest and ...

With spring on the horizon, many gardeners are preparing for prolonged, hearty growing seasons in their region. The United States has a diverse ecological footprint, so growing seasons differ slightly ...

“The USDA plant hardiness zone map gives us an idea of our average high and low temperatures,” says McClure. She comes from a horticultural family and manages about 100 volunteer master gardeners ...

The plant hardiness map is divided into a total of 13 zones, each zone representing a 10-degrees-Fahrenheit range of temperatures.Each zone is further divided into two half zones, with each of ...

With the recent development of an enhanced Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided farmers and gardeners a more accurate guide to planting in ...

Heat domes, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and polar vortex—you’re not crazy, the weather is. And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. For ...

A new Plant Hardiness Zone Map released by the federal government Wednesday shows that temperatures across the country are getting warmer and could affect gardens and crops. The map is designed to ...

This map shows how plant hardiness zones have shifted northward from the 2012 to the 2023 USDA maps. A half-zone change corresponds to a tan area. Areas in white indicate zones that experienced ...

Terry Skillin, president and owner of Skillin's Greenhouses in Brunswick, Cumberland and Falmouth, has begun to notice that local gardeners are having greater success growing more southern ...

The revised plant hardiness map, developed by the National Arbor Day Foundation, reflects the U.S. climate change, attributed to global warming, over the past 15 years.

Knowing when to plant in specific hardiness zones is important to maximize the spring season's potential. A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature.