Image Credit: USDA-ARS and Oregon State University (OSU) - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Have you ever wondered what the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is? It’s mentioned in every gardening article or the ...

Confederate star jasmine are so fragrant. If only they wouldn’t freeze here. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram While this week’s weather is still thawing out in my mind, I thought I’d share ...

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...

One of the most important details on a plant tag is the hardiness zone. Many new gardeners notice these numbers but are unsure what they mean. Hardiness zones indicate the winter temperatures a plant ...

Missouri's plant hardiness zones based on the 2023 USDA map range from 5b to 8a, with most of the state under the 6a or 6b zones. This means that the majority of the state reports weather data that ...