This section features spotlights on individual herbs, highlighting their cultivation, history, and culinary, crafting, and medicinal uses. Refer to the key below for each plant’s sun and water needs, listed in a helpful at-a-glance table.
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Shade Partial shade Partial sun Full sun |
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Water |
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USDA Hardiness Zones
The United States is organized into zones according to the average lowest annual winter temperature, indicating a threshold for cold tolerance in the area. This USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map uses the latest available data. For best results, plant herbs that can withstand the climate of their hardiness zone(s) and bring less hardy plants indoors during colder weather. Seek additional resources for high summer temperatures, as these can vary within zones.
It is helpful to keep track of temperatures and frost dates in your neighborhood or check with a local gardening center or University Extension for the most up-to-date record. Climate change and local topography will also affect your growing space, so compensate accordingly.
US Plant Hardiness Zone Map (Cont.)
