USDA growing zones are important for figuring out what to plant and when in your area. However, with recent changes, what you can plant may have changed, too.

Texas has eight plant hardiness zones, ranging from the cold-hardy northwestern Panhandle to the warmer southern regions.

Stewart beautifully summarizes this point as “right plant, right place,” and some green-thumbs (including me) are claiming this as their seasonal motto. When curating your garden, select species that ...

Heuchera are semi-evergreen perennials native to eastern and central North America. They can be grown in United States Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 4 to 9, with some varieties hardy ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much that ...

Plant it along sandy paths or at the edge of your rock garden. Hybrid ice plant is winter hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5 to 8—though this plant should be avoided in California, where it is ...

An agreement has also been announced to import chemicals from overseas via Churchill to be used at Genesis Fertilizers' new Saskatchewan plant. Those materials currently come from the United States.

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

A new Fire Hazard Severity Zone map released by Cal Fire on March 24, 2025, shows areas under local and county jurisdiction. The map does not show hazard zones under state responsibility.

Also see: Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps All told, the size of these orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...