When you're planting your garden, you want to give your plants the best chance of thriving. Some places are too cold for certain plants, and others are too warm. So how do you know what's just right ...

If you live in Growing Zone 6, which covers New York’s Hudson Valley, parts of New England, New Jersey and much of the ...

Shade-loving perennials provide dependable color and texture in the cooler, lower-light areas of the garden, and in USDA Zone 6, many perform well. This zone stretches from the southern part of New ...

February can feel like the most confusing month in the garden. A few warm days whisper spring, but one wrong move now can undo months of patience later. For USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4–6, February is ...

Freezing weather may make it hard to believe, but many Chicago-area gardeners — and their plants — are now living in a slightly warmer world, according to a new version of the USDA’s plant hardiness ...