The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest ...

The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map, translating into about half of the country shifting to a warmer zone. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Read Today's Paper Friday, July 11 ...

About half of the country moved into a slightly warmer zone in the Agriculture Department’s new “plant hardiness” map, an important guide for gardeners. Climate change may be a factor.

The 2012 map had me in Zone 8a (10 to 15 degrees) — while way back in 1990, I was in Zone 7b (5 to 10 degrees). Another example: Williamsburg, ZIP code 23185, has seen its zone change from 7a to ...

The new map, created by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University, is based on 30 years of data from 13,412 weather stations, almost twice as many as the old map.

A map shows all six states affected following a health warning that led to a potato recall earlier this week.. The states impacted are all Western states, namely Arizona, California, Colorado, New ...

The USDA 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone Map. USDA. The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides the United States and Canada into 13 zones, based on the average annual minimum winter temperature.

The USDA's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map pushes about half of the country, Harrisburg area included, into a half-zone warmer rating, meaning our odds are increasing of growing once-iffy more ...