Home Gardening Newsletters

These newsletters are geared to the home gardener for the care of plants that grow in the Hampton Roads Area (Eastern Virginia and NE North Carolina). However, the plant information is based upon caring for plants anywhere in the American Horticultural Society Heat Zones 6-8 and the USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6b – 8a, which includes a major portion of the Continental United States. Below are links to both maps in case you are not sure in which zones you garden:

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

AHS Plant Heat-Zone Map

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This newsletter is authored by Jim Lachowicz, a Chesapeake Master Gardener and edited by Michael Andruczyk City of Chesapeake and/or Lynnette J. Swanson, City of Norfolk Horticulture Agents, Virginia Cooperative Extension. 

The Chesapeake Office is a part of Virginia Cooperative Extension, an educational outreach program of Virginia Tech and Virginia State Universities. We provide research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

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Last update: Thursday, November 06, 2008 , P.Fisher. © 2007 VCE Master Gardeners of Chesapeake