Heat Tolerant Plants for Atlanta Gardens: Thriving in Summer’s Sizzle

butterfly on heat tolerant zinnia flowers for the perfect summer garden

Atlanta’s hot, humid summers can make gardening challenging, with high temperatures and occasional drought stressing many plants. Metro Atlanta is in USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a. Hardiness zones refer to minimum temperatures, and indicate the heat; as we like to say in the South, “it’s hot, y’all!”  Atlanta is also considered “subtropical” so even though it’s […]