Knowing the precise time to get annual plants into the ground and whether or not a perennial will grow in a given location is often buried in local community lore, but the US Department of Agriculture ...

For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers around ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WRKN) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has come out with the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This is the first time the map has been updated since 2012 and now gets data from ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Plant enthusiasts and gardeners alike should be aware of the changes made to the USDA’s plant hardiness zones. The hardiness zone update by the USDA is the first adjustment in ...

The USDA cautions against using the plant hardiness zones, which are based on 30-year averages, as indicators for climate change. But gardeners say the maps reflect one of the ways they’re ...

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 ...

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 latest edition of the USDA’s Plant Zone Hardiness Map, used by big growers and home gardeners alike, was released Wednesday, with zones in half the country changing. Just not those in most of ...

“I’m counseling to take this as a very slight warming, very little change,” said Chris Daly, founder of the PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University, which produced the hardiness zone map along ...