The 1990 map was still pretty accurate. It still showed us to be in Zone 7. But when an update was published in 2014, it showed Zone 8 to have migrated several counties north, all the way to the Red ...

Before wasting time, money and effort in the garden, you need to take a close look the USDA Planting Zones. Here is how to understand it. You don’t want to start planting your garden without knowing ...

Knowing where your home is on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is important, but so is understanding your Southern climate zone if you want to choose perennials, trees, and shrubs that will thrive in ...

Text on verso by Henry M. Cathey. "This map supersedes U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication 814, "Plant Hardiness Zone Map," which was revised in 1965."--Map sheet verso. Insets: ...