When you're planting your garden, you want to give your plants the best chance of thriving. Some places are too cold for certain plants, and others are too warm. So how do you know what's just right ...

KALAMAZOO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, released Wednesday, bumps many areas into warmer zones — including Kalamazoo, which has moved from its old zone, 5 or 5-b ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map that has shifted many areas in our region a half a zone higher. This is the map that most gardeners use to determine ...

Late last November, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map for the United States. Gardeners use this map to determine which plants and specific ...