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 ...

Even if you're a gardening novice, you've likely heard the term "gardening zones." This refers to the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which breaks the entire ...

With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed ...

Whenever you purchase a new perennial plant, shrub, or tree, you've probably noticed information about hardiness zones on the plant tag or description. But what does it mean? "Plant hardiness zones ...

When gardeners from different parts of the United States meet up, one common question we ask each other is, “What’s your Plant Hardiness Zone?” That leads to some inevitable scratching of heads when ...

If you've ever taken a look at the planting instructions for your seedlings, flowers, or seeds, you would've notice that each plant has a designated United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

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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. USDA’s ...

Great news for 80 million (and growing) green thumbs across the country: The USDA has finally released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map, its first in 11 years. It highlights both tech advancements ...

A new version of the Plant Hardiness Zone Map has just released by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it's big news for gardeners who rely on the data to determine which plants can survive ...

As spring nears, many are wondering what we should or shouldn’t grow now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its plant zone hardiness map and moved parts of Minnesota from Zone ...

DENVER ‒ For millions of Americans, summers are getting longer, winters are getting warmer and the impacts are showing up in their front yards. A recent analysis by federal scientists shows that half ...