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 ...

Not sure what your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is? Learn what plant hardiness really means, how zones are calculated, and how to quickly find yours—so you can choose plants that survive winter and ...

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Before wasting time, money and effort in the garden, you need to take a close look the USDA Planting Zones. Here is how to understand it. You don’t want to start planting your garden without knowing ...

Are you getting ready to plant your spring bulbs? If so, you might want to check up on which plant zone you're in. A plant zone, or hardiness zone, is a region with a similar average minimum ...

Gardeners and farmers across the U.S. look to plant hardiness zones for guidance on which plants to grow. The U.S. is divided into 13 plant hardiness zones based on the local coldest temperature of ...

The 1990 map was still pretty accurate. It still showed us to be in Zone 7. But when an update was published in 2014, it ...

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What zone is your landscape in? If you knew that, you might get a better understanding of what can grow in your yard. You can figure out your landscape profile by using a number of plant-hardiness ...

WASHINGTON -- Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a ...