New plant hardiness zone map to help NC gardeners, farmers keep pace with climate change The new map gives guidance to growers and farmers about which plants, shrubs and vegetables are most likely ...

“Most flower bulbs perform well through USDA hardiness zone 7 under normal weather and planting conditions,” says Jo-Anne van den Berg-Ohms, bulb expert and CEO of John Scheepers Beauty from ...

You can find your plant hardiness zone by clicking here. North Carolina has a humid and subtropical climate unless you're in the Appalachians. Its plant hardiness zone, though, averages from 8a to 6a.

So, let's talk about plant hardiness zones and why they're important. Hardiness, or a plant’s ability to survive winter temperatures, is an important factor to consider when growing a garden.

You can grow snowdrops from US hardiness zone 3, and remember to plant snowdrop bulbs before December so they put on a good display during winter and spring. Snowdrop bulbs are available from Amazon .

The agency just released new maps showing the plant hardiness zones are shifting. Greensboro has gone from Zone 7 to the warmer Zone 8. Ben Grandon with the Guilford County Center of the NC ...

That's the word from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which released a new version of its "Plant Hardiness Zone Map" this week, the first update since 1990.

An updated plant hardiness zone map released by the USDA last month shows nearly half of the country is now classified in a "warmer" zone than it used to be. That includes parts of Southeastern N.C.