Sometimes called “growing zones” or “gardening zones,” USDA plant hardiness zones refer to areas of a map developed by the ...

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

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After a very mild March in Central New York, setting a record for the 10th warmest March of all time in ...

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 ...

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

Do you have Spring Fever? Are you itching to get outside and get those plants in the ground, eager for some color in the yard ...

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 ...