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 State ...

You can still plant edibles now for late fall harvests. Find out which vegetables thrive in cooler temps and how to keep your ...

A young Caucasian woman gardener wipes her brow as she works in her summer garden. - Ildar Abulkhanov/Getty Images What is a USDA growing zone, and which one are you in? The answer to one of these ...

With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed ...

Ready to slash your gardening costs and get a jump start on your growing season? Starting seeds indoors can save you up to 70% compared to buying seedlings, but timing is everything. This ...

What zone is your landscape in? If you knew that, you might get a better understanding of what can grow in your yard. You can figure out your landscape profile by using a number of plant-hardiness ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA0 - The last two winters have been really hard on our plants and gardens, and the harsh cold has come as a shock to many of the items we like to have traditionally grown in ...

Q:I believe my gardening zone is 10. How can I double-check this? I live in Sausalito, where it's often windy and foggy. I do know that I can grow Meyer lemons, but not Eureka. A: The Zone 10 this ...

Whether you're a gardening expert or can't keep a succulent alive, today is the day to strive for a greener thumb, celebrate the beauty of plants and embrace the joy of growing something of your own.

I miss growing peonies, so I bought a bare-root peony plant in the garden section of the local big box store. Why don’t people have them in their gardens here? Peonies thrive in cooler climates. In ...