Forbes

What Are Plant Hardiness Zones? Plus, Find Out Which One You’re In

Gemma is an experienced freelance writer who has spent the last five years focusing on expert-driven content relating to homes and gardens. She has contributed to several lifestyle publications ...
Tasting Table on MSN

When To Plant Peppers For The Biggest Harvest: It Depends On Your Zip Code

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

Your Growing Zone May Have Changed - Here's What It Means For Your Garden

What is a USDA growing zone, and which one are you in? The answer to one of these questions may be different than what it was only a few years ago. USDA growing zones, in general, help you know which ...
Yahoo

What are growing zones? What temperatures do Louisiana plants need to survive?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing zones, also referred to as hardiness zones, are geographical areas categorized based on average annual minimum winter ...
House Digest on MSN

The Best Beginner-Friendly Trees Based On Your Growing Zone

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Trees are habitually glorified as resilient sentinels that weather ...
WTHR

Much of Indiana shifts into new plant hardiness zones - how does it affect what you grow?

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 Denver Post

Colorado gardeners eyeing warmer USDA growing zones should be careful, experts say

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, ...
Seattle Times

Decoding Seattle’s new hardiness zone, 9a

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, ...
Modern Farmer

USDA’s Updated Plant Hardiness Map Shows Where Growing Zones Are Warming

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 ...
KXAN

Plant hardiness maps updated: Austin shifts zones

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The USDA recently updated their Plant Hardiness Zone Maps (PHZM) to reflect the latest 30-year averages published by the National Weather Service. This map looks at the average coldest ...
WLRN

Southwest Florida's growing zones shift north as planet warms; so do half of rest of U.S.

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 ...