The kind of plants you can grow have changed slightly in most regions of Canada according to the federal government’s latest ...

In my heart, I will always garden in zone 2b. But I will have to get my head around this new map and go with the reality of climate change and the new plant hardiness designations.

Natural Resources Canada is hoping to release an updated version of Canada's plant hardiness zones map in 2024. The last time it was updated was in 2014.

Natural Resources Canada has created the Canadian zone map. I use this map as reference, but keep in mind that the latest version was published in 2000 and used data gathered no later than 1990.

Garden zones, laid out by Natural Resources Canada in its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, help people figure out what types of perennials will survive in their location. For example, B.C.'s Okanagan is ...

David Hobson writes about his surprise at calla lilies surviving the winter in his Ontario garden, thanks to a mild season. Hobson highlights the release of a new Canada Plant Hardiness Zone Map ...

Comparing the 2023 map to the previous version from 2012 clearly shows that as climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward. On average, the coldest days of winter ...

The warmest zone, 11b, is in Key West, Florida, where the coldest annual lows range from 45 F to 50 F. On the 2012 map, northern Minnesota had a much more extensive and continuous zone 3a.