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

Don't let your vacation ruin your garden. These plants for Southern USDA Zones are meant to stand up to drought, heat, pests, ...

As summer grilling season heats up, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service reminds Americans ...

This kitchen herb can be grown in containers in USDA zones 4 through 9, as long as it has full sun and well-draining, consistently moist soil. "This might not be the first plant that people think of ...

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 problem is that not all kinds of plants grow well on where you live.

Livingston city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to assign a mixed-use zoning designation to recently annexed land off ...

When choosing plants for gardens, plant tags and catalogues often include the USDA's hardiness zones to show where that plant ideally grows. U.S. growing zones Zone 1: -60°F to -50°F ...

"The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual ...

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.

In 2023, the USDA released an updated hardiness zone map in response to the impact of climate change. The updated map indicated a northward shift in the zones, reflecting the changing conditions.

The Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones ranging from zone 1 (coldest) to zone 13 (warmest), the USDA notes.