Pine Hollow Arboretum’s founder, John W. Abbuhl, began planting trees around his Albany, N.Y., home in the 1960s. He planted ...

I ’ve grown hydrangeas in so many different gardens over the years. From lush, damp, bigleaf types tucked into shady UK ...

“Horticulturalists use the zones also when they’re developing new plants ... “Generally speaking, the USDA hardiness zone map gives us a parameter to set,” says McClure. “And if we plan our gardening ...

Knowing when to plant in specific hardiness zones is important to maximize the spring season's potential. A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature.

It's called the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "plant hardiness zone ... grows where in the US: "Over the long run, we will expect to see a slow shifting northward of zones as climate change ...

The importance of hardiness zones lies in their ability to help gardeners and farmers choose plants that will thrive in their specific region.

Plant hardiness zones represent the 30-year average of the ... There are trees among us today that took root before European settlers first arrived here. They have avoided fire, pestilence ...

And what else can the updated map tell us? Here is what we know ... to the 7,983 that were used for the 2012 map. Plant hardiness zones represent what’s known as the “average annual extreme ...

Here's which planting region Wisconsin falls in and how to look up the plant hardiness in your zip code. Trouble seeing the map? Click here to view the planting zones for the North Central U.S ...