Nothing raises the spirits of a gardener more than the release of the new year’s seed packets. For some, that’s all they’ll ever raise. But every spring, seeds of hope grow into flowers and vegetables ...

Sometimes called “growing zones” or “gardening zones,” hardiness zones refer to a map developed by the USDA that separates the United States into regions based on the average low winter temperatures.

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 ...