Sure, you can just throw some plants in the ground and hope for the best, but mapping out your garden ahead of time will increase your harvest.

The previous version of the plant hardiness map, also based on PRISM data, was released in January 2012. The new plant hardiness map incorporates data from 13,412 weather stations , compared to ...

The map of the US is divided into zones, separated by ten degrees. It starts with 1a (Alaska) and goes all the way up to 13b (Puerto Rico), and the mainland U.S. tends to live between zones 5 and 10.

USDA updates plant hardiness map for the first time in more than a decade NPR's A Martinez talks to Ashlie Thomas, author of How to Become a Gardener, about the map gardeners and farmers use to ...

Boston University plant ecologist Richard Primack, who was not involved in the map project, said, “Half the U.S. has shifted to a slightly warmer climatic zone than it was 10 years ago." ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map — the first revision since 2012. It shows that Massachusetts is getting warmer, leading to more options for ...