The USDA divides the United States into seven planting regions, known as hardiness zones, which were most recently updated in 2023. The maps below show these planting regions. Need a break?

Sometime around then, most planting zones encounter what is known as the last frost date, which is the experts' best guess, based on averages, of when your last hard freeze will be. The cherry ...

plant hardiness zones have shifted north toward higher latitudes and elevations. As minimum temperatures warm and a location's planting zone increases (e.g., from Zone 5 to Zone 6), certain ...