Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Trouble seeing the map? Click here to view the planting zones for the Northeast ... Essential gardening tips no matter where you live Jenna Phipps ...

If you live in USDA hardiness zone 8 and are not sure what to plant, here is a comprehensive list of ones you should consider ...

This map is the most widely used resource for determining gardening zones in the United States. The gardening zone map provides detailed information about the temperature extremes of each zone.

Late last November, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map ... where they garden. This update includes revised maps for each of the 50 ...

As with the 2012 map, the new version has 13 zones across the United States and its territories. Each zone is broken into half zones, designated as “A” and “B.” When compared to the 2012 ...

This map is used by around 80 million growers to work out what plants have the best chance in the garden ... zone. The central plains and Midwest generally warmed the most, with the southwestern ...

By Remy Tumin and Mike Ives Jason Reeves has been using the lantana, a flowering shrub, as a perennial in garden ... the United States had moved into a slightly warmer zone. The hardiness map ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Plant Hardiness Zone Map ... the United States. Before you rush out and plant a grove of palm trees, though, know that the hardiness map has its limits.

Science is confirming the experiences of Kohlhauff and many other gardeners: The most recent version of the Plant Hardiness Zone Map reflects warmer conditions across a wide swath of the United States ...

The new map moves about half of the United States ... manager at O’Toole’s Garden Center in Westminster. “We’re still trying to recommend mostly zone 5 plants versus zone 6 plants.” ...

The USDA divides the United States into seven planting regions, known as hardiness zones, which were most recently updated in 2023. The maps below show these planting regions. Trouble seeing the map?