When you're planting your garden, you want to give your plants the best chance of thriving. Some places are too cold for certain plants, and others are too warm. So how do you know what's just right ...

How accurate are the hardiness zones that I see listed for plants that I would like to try in my garden? I would like to try some plants that are listed as zone 6. Choosing plants that are appropriate ...

When you’re considering whether to add a plant to your garden this season, a crucial piece of information is its hardiness zone, usually given in a phrase like “Zone 5” or “Zones 4-7.” But what, ...

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 ...

Gardeners are concerned that spring-blooming bulbs of daffodils, tulips, hyacinths and crocuses that started sprouting recently are now facing freezing weather. When temperatures rise above 40 degrees ...