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How to Find Your Gardening Zone—Plus, the Best Plants to Grow in Your Region

Creeping phlox ( Phlox subulata) is a low-maintenance groundcover that is well-suited to the South Central region. It prefers ...
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USDA's new 'Plant Hardiness Zone Map' shows half the country is warmer

Anyone who loves gardening knows the importance of understanding their area’s growing conditions. To help farmers and gardeners lay the foundation for their crops and gardens, the United States ...
MLive

Gardeners, take note: New plant hardiness zone map bumps Kalamazoo into Zone 6a

KALAMAZOO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, released Wednesday, bumps many areas into warmer zones — including Kalamazoo, which has moved from its old zone, 5 or 5-b ...
AZ Central

New USDA ‘plant hardiness’ zoning map may help determine life or death of your perennials

Plant growers and gardeners in the U.S. have new guidance for which perennial plants could flourish, or perish in their area. The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a new version of its ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Barany in the Garden: Gardening and the USDA plant hardiness zones

Farmers aren’t the only ones who start the day by checking the weather report. Backyard gardeners do it, too. We like to be warned if frosts or polar vortexes are headed our way. If all I grew were ...