Last month, there was big news in the plant world, and while it shows the weather has been warming in recent years in Southeastern North Carolina, you might just want to wait a few decades before ...
When planning your garden, knowing your plant hardiness zone is crucial for selecting plants that will thrive in your climate ...
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When gardeners from different parts of the United States meet up, one common question we ask each other is, “What’s your Plant Hardiness Zone?” That leads to some inevitable scratching of heads when ...
Heat domes, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and polar vortex—you’re not crazy, the weather is. And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. And for many ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — You now have a few more options at your local garden center. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map. It shows ...
NPR's A Martinez talks to Ashlie Thomas, author of How to Become a Gardener, about the map gardeners and farmers use to determine when and where plants will thrive — based on season and temperature.
Over the past 30 years, psychologists have studied a factor called hardiness, which is best understood as a mindset or attitude about stress that influences how you interpret the world and make sense ...
As temperatures warm across America, growing zones for flowers, shrubs, and trees are shifting northward. ZONE 3 ZONE 4 ZONE 5 ZONE 6 ZONE 7 ZONE 8 ZONE 9 The maps above show how so-called plant ...
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 ...