The state Agriculture Commissioner says he regularly receives complaints from gardeners about their plants dying. The ...

In the face of a child care crisis, a plan to make it easier to open a child care facility in Maine is moving forward.

A child care bill advances with unanimous committee support in the Maine Legislature. AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill designed to make it easier for child care businesses to open and operate in Maine received ...

If you are wondering whether that shrub, flower, or tree that you saw in a magazine or catalog will grow well in your garden, using a hardiness zone map is your best bet to ensure success.

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 ...

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 ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

As most in the horticulture industry have heard, the USDA released an updated plant hardiness zone map just over a year ago ... in a band spanning hundreds of square miles from coastal Maine down ...

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into 13 zones based on the average annual minimum winter temperature. In 2023, the USDA released an updated hardiness zone map in response ...

according to the United States Department of Agriculture's latest plant hardiness zone map. It was updated in November 2023, so this spring is the first planting season it has been active. With ...

To understand why, look to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent update of its plant hardiness zone map, which has long helped gardeners and growers figure out which plants are most likely ...

But before you buy your seeds, there's some very important information you must know: The USDA just updated their plant hardiness zone map for the first time since 2012, and there have been some major ...