Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

Spring has begun in Louisiana and flowers are blooming, but some garden plants may not grow due hardiness zones. So, here's ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

However, average minimum temperatures vary widely from south to north Wisconsin, meaning plants that may do well in Milwaukee may not be as suited to cities like Superior. Plant hardiness zones in ...

New hazard designations increase the number of homes that must comply with wildfire building codes during reconstruction.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a Plant Hardiness Zone Map that divides the U.S. into 13 different zones, which helps gardeners choose plants that can survive in their respective ...

Knowing when to plant in specific hardiness zones is important to maximize the spring season's potential. A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map ...

Here's which planting region Wisconsin falls in and how to look up the plant hardiness in your zip code. Trouble seeing the map? Click here to view the planting zones for the North Central U.S ...