The USDA updated its map of plant hardiness zones for the first time in over a decade. The new map shows that half the country has shifted to warmer zones. The updated zones could allow gardeners to ...
Location matters when it comes to planting delicate vegetables like peppers. To avoid ruin, always make sure to pop seedlings ...
The United States is divided into 13 different plant hardiness zones, each with "A" and "B" subdivisions. This is a number assigned to a plant that tells you how cold of a temperature the plant can ...
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 ...
Question: I am receiving a lot of nursery catalogues and all of them end the plant description by giving a zone designation. What does this mean? Answer: The "zone" designation in nursery catalogues ...
On Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the first time it's done so since 2012. According to a release from the USDA, the new map ...
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is a tool designed to help gardeners, growers, and landscapers select plants that are most likely to thrive in a particular geographic region of the United States. It ...
The USDA’s winter hardiness zone map has long been the standard used by home gardeners, plant breeders and researchers to determine which plants are most likely to thrive in their location, based on ...
The USDA’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides the country into 13 zones ranging from 1 (the arctic) to 13 (the tropics) to make it easier for gardeners to select plants that can survive the winter in ...