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.

Location matters when it comes to planting delicate vegetables like peppers. To avoid ruin, always make sure to pop seedlings ...

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 ...

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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) ...

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 ...

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The Department of Agriculture updated its searchable map of the country that shows how much average low temperatures have changed during the last 30 years, and half the country's lows were higher by 5 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado gardeners eyeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which moves much of the state in a warmer growing zone, ...

The USDA Hardiness Zone Map, the arbiter of cold hardiness for plants, underwent a massive revamping in November, throwing the gardening world into a bit of chaos. As a new gardening season dawns, ...

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 ...