While this region is is getting a break in winter weather this month February, the beginning of the year brought some pretty ...

When planning your yard or garden, you likely focus on the what and the where. After all, a beautiful plant in a prime ...

When you’re shopping for trees, shrubs or perennials, the hardiness zone should be one of the first things you check.

Cool-season crops like cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, onions, carrots, radishes, pansies, and diathus can be planted. (They can ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) creates and maintains the hardiness zone map. These maps can be incredibly helpful when planning a perennial garden, especially if you are new to an area ...

In November, the USDA updated its Plant Hardiness Zone map for the first time in over a decade. It ranges from 1a to 13b, and the majority of the United States falls between zones 4 and 8.

Most of northeast Nebraska is in plant hardiness zones 5a or 5b. The USDA hardiness zone map is used by growers and gardeners to select trees, shrubs and perennials that will survive winter ...