Up to now, most of central Pennsylvania has fallen into Zone ... their exact hardiness zone by going to the USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map website and typing in their Zip code.

And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. And for many gardeners, that means a change in growing zones. The map of the US is divided into zones ...

Check USDA’s interactive Cold Hardiness Zone Map to type in your Zip code and see your exact hardiness rating. Hardiness ratings are listed on plant tags and most plant signs. Perennials are ...

but the US Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map is used by millions of growers to help determine which plants are likely to thrive in a location. This first version was released in the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, updating this valuable tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 2012.

Zone 1a represents -60 degrees ... the vice president of horticulture for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and a consultant on the new map, said climate change is a factor.

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers ...

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 ...

Last updated in 2012, the new map codifies warming temperatures for Massachusetts’ planting zones. So what does that mean for gardeners as we head into another increasingly warm growing season?

Last month, there was big news in the plant world, and while it shows the weather has been warming in recent years in Southeastern North Carolina, you might just want to wait a few decades before ...