According to the Environmental Protection Agency, by 2050, 40% of Georgia winters are going to be too warm for peach tree ...

This shrub can flower starting in late winter (unless we have unusually cold winter weather like polar vortices) and keep going all the way into spring. Bright flowers are yellow with red tinges, ...

One of the most popular varieties, the Elberta peach, needs at least 800 hours of cold weather. It’s a trait peach trees evolved to withstand cold winters in their native China.

The North Hollywood weather station — which is closer to my residence than any of the other 273 such stations throughout California — recorded well over 400 winter chill hours, explaining the ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can happily report ...

The North Hollywood weather station — which is closer to my residence than any of the other 273 such stations throughout California — recorded well over 400 winter chill hours, explaining the ...