The USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map in mid-November. This map is used to determine which plants will likely survive the winter in a particular ...

Plants covered with frost blankets at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Amelia Island for this past weekend's freeze which sits in zone 9b representing expected minimum temperatures between 25 to 30 °F.

Question: My husband bought a few plants at a nursery recently. There was a tag describing the USDA Climate Zone. I live in Sonoma 9a, but I saw other zones mentioned such as 9b and 10. There was also ...