KALAMAZOO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, released Wednesday, bumps many areas into warmer zones — including Kalamazoo, which has moved from its old zone, 5 or 5-b ...

MILWAUKEE - The USDA recently released the updated 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which indicates the average minimum low temperature an area can experience on a yearly basis. These maps are often ...

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 ...

If you are wondering whether that shrub, flower, or tree that you saw in a magazine or catalog will grow well in your garden, using a hardiness zone map is your best bet to ensure success. A hardiness ...

A new zone hardiness map is giving gardeners a more in-depth look at just how cold their corner of the Poconos could be. And it's about time, says Kim Kaplan, spokesman for the Agricultural Research ...

While this region is getting a break in winter weather this month February, the beginning of the year brought some pretty frigid temperatures. “You may not think about your plants out in the lawn or ...

If you grow any plants in Colorado, your zone is everything! The USDA has just released the 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone Map that could put you in a whole new zone. What is a hardiness zone? The USDA’s ...

Q: Do the changes to the USDA zone-hardiness map affect what plants we should buy? A: The USDA created the Plant Hardiness Zone Map to help gardeners select plants that will survive in their ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows Iowa is warming up, at least a little bit. Updated in November for the first time since 2012, the map, a standard guide to ...

New data about where plants can grow best shows how Wisconsin has warmed over the past few decades. In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone ...

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 ...