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map of USDA zone hardiness changes 2012 to 2023

What to Know about Hardiness Zones

Is Your Northern Garden Now Zone 5?

Playing with Light in the Winter Garden

More Trees for Climate Change in the North

Best Climate-Hardy Trees for the North

no snow in January

This is Not a Perfect Winter for Plants

Three Gifts Especially for Northern Gardeners

Update on the Container Tomatoes

eastern redbud in bloom

Will the Redbuds Bloom?

Delayed Spring? Pros and Cons for Northern Gardeners

January Light

Fascinating Foliage

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Top Posts & Pages

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  • Four Peony Problems and Solutions
  • How to Identify an Ash Tree
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