You want your yard to stand out from your neighbors, even on a winter’s day. If all your leaves are brown, get familiar with the planting zone maps for Los Angeles gardeners. That’s what I would do, ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), the first update since 2012. The new map shows that most of the country, including New York ...

Interestingly, the first edition of the plant hardiness zone map was created by Arnold Arboretum at Harvard in 1927! And ...

Check out the map pictured here that shows the USDA hardiness zones. For 6a and 6b, average low winter temperatures are in the range of (-10) to 0 degrees F. If you want a plant that will come ...