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 ...

Winter blasts of arctic cold always catch me by surprise. No matter how many times they occur each winter — and we had two in January — I never get used to sudden temperature plunges. grow if winter ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Plant Hardiness Zone Map confirms what gardeners have been noticing for years – our winters aren’t as cold as they used to be. USDA just released new ...

It's not too late to plant spring-blooming bulbs. November is often just the right time to give tulips, daffodils, and more time to chill before temperatures warm.

As you browse the garden and seed catalogs that are starting to arrive in your mailbox and read the details in the plant descriptions, you may wonder if a certain plant that really appeals to you will ...

AN EARLY SPRING garden tour to the Southeast, with an extra stop in Texas, showed our group of Pacific Northwest gardeners just how important it is to pay attention to the way climate affects what we ...

The new map, with 13 zones, adds Zone 12 (50-60 degrees Fahrenheit band) and Zone 13 (60-70 degrees Fahrenheit). Each zone is a 10-degree Fahrenheit band, with each band divided into Fahrenheit zones ...

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, should hold their horses — or trowels — before ...