Plants that are truly winter-hardy — well adapted to survive cold temperatures — have a number of defenses against freezing and drying out. Many simply abandon their tender and vulnerable ...

If you live in a region with freezing temperatures, your garden doesn’t have to shut down. These hardy plants hold up through ...

Hardy all the way to zone 3, they actually do better with cold winters. These plants need cold weather to bloom well in the spring, thanks to a chemical reaction that takes place when the soil ...

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice about protecting bromeliads from the cold, how to battle weeds in St. Augustine grass and how to control cutworms attacking cauliflower plants.

Every garden needs some reliable plants that will thrive year after year, with minimal attention. These species are so hardy ...

A question for Dan Gill: As I get ready to dig up most of my cold-damaged garden, I was wondering what plants I could buy that are native to here and can stand the cold. I am not going to plant ...

Because hardy hibiscus are wetland plants in their native habitat, these are perfect plants for moist areas of the garden or landscape where other plants can be difficult to grow. If you don’t ...

Plants can fend off cold -- to a point February 5, 2016 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated February 4, 2016 at 10:43 p.m.

These plants are generally cold-hardy down to minus-10 degrees or lower. The main plants at risk from the new-year big chill are those that are borderline cold-hardy for the Harrisburg region.

SUPERCOOL PLANTS. Water, whether in a plant cell or a glass, does not necessarily freeze as soon as the temperature drops to 32 degrees. To freeze, water molecules need something to group around ...

A Zone 5 plant is going to be “very hardy in this area,” he said. Perennial plants sit on display at Chesterton Feed and Garden Center on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune) ...