Characterized by mild winters and a long growing season, USDA Zone 8 includes the Lower South and affords almost year-round opportunities for gardening. It is one of the warmest zones in the United ...
With the first frost quickly approaching in many regions, some gardeners think that fall signals the end of the gardening season. You may be happy to know that it's far from true. What you can plant ...
Sometimes to get your early spring garden ready, you need to start in the fall. A little work now will ensure bright, ...
When spring arrives, gardeners are ready to buy plants, and many times we are trying something new and different. View full sizeIllustration by Kenneth Harrison / The Times-Picayune One of the most ...
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed ...
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We can’t grow grapefruit orchards, and tulips don’t “act right” here. Why? Because Columbia is in the heart of the great Zone Eight, the official agricultural designation for having warm winters and ...
Three types of lavender exist — Spanish (Lavandula stoechas), French (Lavandula dentata) and English (Lavandula angustifolia). Of these, only the English type can be grown in a Minnesota garden, for ...
In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its latest version of the Hardiness Zone Map. This mapping system categorizes geographic regions according to their average annual minimum ...
Matt Kasson receives funding from the US Department of Agriculture. With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home ...
Farmers aren’t the only ones who start the day by checking the weather report. Backyard gardeners do it, too. We like to be warned if frosts or polar vortexes are headed our way. If all I grew were ...