Here's what you need to know about gardening in USDA plant hardiness zones 6a and 6b. The temperatures for each zone are separated by a difference of 10°F. Zone 6 is 10°F colder than Zone 7 ...

Trees are master multitaskers. No duty is too daunting or tedious for these sky-scratching organisms. From soil stabilizers ...

Most of Lancaster County jumped from hardiness zone 6b to 7a, reflecting an average low temperature increase of 4 degrees ...

This is the type of winter extreme we would expect in zones 7a to 6b. Because of this, some of our marginal plants might have been adversely affected. By marginal plants, I mean those plants whose ...

The USDA designation of plant hardiness zones is based on the lowest average ... with a small area in the mountains being 6a or 6b. Wondering what to grow? Southern Living has suggestions of ...