As plant hardiness zones shift from climate change, gardeners must rethink their choices. Discover what these changes mean ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the United States, the USDA publishes a hardiness zone map, which covers all fifty states and includes Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It uses climate data ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ” plant hardiness zone map ” was updated Wednesday for the first time in a decade, and it shows the impact that climate change will have on gardens and ...

Pay attention to both hardiness zones and planting date recommendations ... Do you have a question about gardening? Let us know via science@newsweek.com.