When picking plants to grow in your garden, it’s easy to just go with what you like or whatever plants your neighbors grow.

The USDA defines plant hardiness zones based on the coldest average annual temperature in winter at a given location. Each zone represents a 10-degree F range, with zones numbered from 1 (coldest ...

Hardiness Zones 101. The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map consists of 13 individual zones that take in all of the contiguous United States, plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

The last time the USDA changed the Hardiness Zone map was 2012. ... The other half of Ohio is now in Zone 6a, where the average low temperature range is -10 to -5 degrees Fahrenheit.

“The USDA plant hardiness zone map gives us an idea of our average high and low temperatures,” says McClure. She comes from a horticultural family and manages about 100 volunteer master gardeners ...

December 26, 2023 What Philadelphia's hardiness zone change means for local gardeners The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated low-temperature map for the first time since 2012.

USDA zones are based on averages, not isolated events, and plants can be killed if the temperatures in the winter dip too low regardless of what the new map says. “The other thing on top of it ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Plant hardiness zones have long been a useful guideline for determining if what you're planting in your yard can handle cold temperatures. The USDA’s Agricultural Research ...

Louisiana's growing zones range from 8b in North Louisiana to 10a at the state's southern-most tip, with majority of the state falling into either zones 8 and 9, according to USDA's Hardiness Zone ...

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service reminds Americans to handle frozen food properly, marinate safely, cook ...

The USDA bases its plant zone maps on average minimum temperature so people in each zone know which plants can best withstand their local weather. For example, ...

Louisiana's growing zones range from 8b in North Louisiana to 10a at the state's southern-most tip, with majority of the state falling into either zones 8 and 9, according to USDA's Hardiness Zone ...