How do you identify your USDA zone? Lydia tells us that you can easily find your zone using the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map ...

Read on to learn all you need to know about plant hardiness zones to prevent your perennials from perishing when the temperatures drop. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA ...

The United States has a diverse ecological footprint, so growing seasons differ slightly from region to region. Knowing when to plant in specific hardiness zones is important to maximize the ...

The importance of hardiness zones lies in their ability to help gardeners and farmers choose plants that will thrive in their specific region.

Historically, the US growing zones indicated the cold hardiness of plants. Now the experts are considering whether to also include heat hardiness as part of the growing zone classifications.

Most gardening catalogs that use hardiness zones in plant descriptions use the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which was updated in 2023; it’s a system ...

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 ...

INDIANA, USA — New Plant Hardiness Zone maps updated by the US Department of Agriculture released this week show a drastically reduced Zone 5 throughout Indiana, while Zone 7 makes an appearance in ...

The USDA’s plant hardiness zone map was updated in 2023, Becker said. The map that was being used before the 2023 map was dated 2012, he said. “What do these maps tell us?” Becker asked.

The data, reflected in the updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map in November ... edge," Anderson told the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network. "This year it didn't matter how much we ...

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