Climate change complicates plant choices and care. Early flowering and late freezes can kill flowers like these magnolia blossoms. Matt Kasson, CC BY-ND With the arrival of spring in North America, ...

Changes regarding lighting and climate zones are being proposed to the energy standard published by ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). Twenty-three addenda to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES ...

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 ...

As the property risks associated with extreme weather and climate disasters continue to rise, certain areas are projected to suffer steep losses in home values, while others benefit from their ...

The United States is divided into 13 different plant hardiness zones, each with "A" and "B" subdivisions. This is a number assigned to a plant that tells you how cold of a temperature the plant can ...

Gardeners and farmers across the U.S. look to plant hardiness zones for guidance on which plants to grow. The U.S. is divided into 13 plant hardiness zones based on the local coldest temperature of ...

Dean Colony of Colony Acres Family Farm in North Liberty checks on his pumpkin crop July 9. Colony grows around 40 varieties of the fall-harvest gourds. Colony checks on the health of the plants as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Southern staples like magnolia trees and camellias may now be able to grow without frost damage in once-frigid Boston. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “plant hardiness zone map” ...

On Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a revised version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is what home gardeners, as well as professional growers, use to determine which ...

Mountainous and high-altitude regions are considered to be among the most fragile ecosystems on Earth. From melting glaciers to land erosion, these environments face mounting threats from climate ...