When you're planting your garden, you want to give your plants the best chance of thriving. Some places are too cold for certain plants, and others are too warm. So how do you know what's just right ...

Sometimes called “growing zones” or “gardening zones,” hardiness zones refer to a map developed by the USDA that separates the United States into regions based on the average low winter temperatures.

MILWAUKEE - The USDA recently released the updated 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which indicates the average minimum low temperature an area can experience on a yearly basis. These maps are often ...

KALAMAZOO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, released Wednesday, bumps many areas into warmer zones — including Kalamazoo, which has moved from its old zone, 5 or 5-b ...

Late last November, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map for the United States. Gardeners use this map to determine which plants and specific ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map that has shifted many areas in our region a half a zone higher. This is the map that most gardeners use to determine ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled its long-awaited update of its 1990 U.S. Plant Hardiness Zone Map Thursday at the National Arboretum in Washington. The map, which was revised to reflect ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows Iowa is warming up, at least a little bit. Updated in November for the first time since 2012, the map, a standard guide to ...

Cacti won't be growing in Central New York gardens anytime soon. But some areas may be able to grow peaches, different varieties of grapes or a Southern magnolia tree. The U.S. Department of ...

New data about where plants can grow best shows how Wisconsin has warmed over the past few decades. In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone ...