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Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Tennessee: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Tennessee: What Will Not Survive

Tennessee’s hardiness range runs from 5b to 8a on the USDA scale, a spread wide enough that a shrub thriving in Memphis can struggle in Mountain City.

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for South Dakota: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for South Dakota: What Will Not Survive

South Dakota’s USDA hardiness range runs from 3b to 5b, a spread wide enough that a plant thriving in Sioux Falls can die two winters running in Faith.

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for South Carolina: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for South Carolina: What Will Not Survive

South Carolina’s hardiness range runs 7a to 9a on the USDA scale, and crossing that range against the 65 landscape plants documented on this site turns…

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Rhode Island: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Rhode Island: What Will Not Survive

Rhode Island’s hardiness range runs 6a to 7b, and of the 65 landscape plants tracked on this site, 62 survive across the entire state.

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Pennsylvania: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Pennsylvania: What Will Not Survive

In Pennsylvania’s USDA hardiness range of 5a to 7b, the short answer is reassuring: of the 65 landscape trees, shrubs and perennials this site documents…

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Oregon: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Oregon: What Will Not Survive

Oregon’s hardiness range stretches from USDA zone 4a in the high desert around Bend to 9b along the southern coast, and that spread decides almost…

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Oklahoma: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Oklahoma: What Will Not Survive

Oklahoma spans USDA hardiness zones 6a through 8a, a range wide enough to separate the Panhandle from the Red River valley by two full zones.

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Ohio: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for Ohio: What Will Not Survive

Ohio’s winters run from USDA zone 5b to 6b, a spread that covers the Ohio River valley on the warm end and the state’s northern counties on the cold one.

When to Sow Carrots in Texas: Counting Back From the Last Frost

When to Sow Carrots in Texas: Counting Back From the Last Frost

Count back 70 to 100 days from your local last spring frost date, and that’s when Texas gardeners sow carrot seed directly into the bed.

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for North Dakota: What Will Not Survive

Trees, Shrubs and Perennials for North Dakota: What Will Not Survive

North Dakota’s growing conditions run from USDA zone 3a up to 4b, a spread that decides plant survival before soil, sun or care ever enter the picture.

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