Refreshing perspectives in a warming world: understanding the cold adaptation strategies of plants – an introduction to a Virtual Issue

This Commentary introduces the Virtual Issue ‘Plant cold hardiness’ that includes the following papers: Campos‐Arguedas et al . (2026), Chamberlain & Wolkovich (2021), Chang et al . (2021), Charra‐Vaskou et al . (2026), Charrier et al . (2015, 2026), Dahro et al . (2022), D'Andrea et al . (2019), Ding et al . (2019), Grossman (2023), Ingram et al . (2025), Kirchhof et al . (2025), Kovaleski (2024), Larter et al . (2026), Mayer & Charron (2021), Mayr et al . (2020), Ming et al . (2021), Shikata et al . (2026), Vitasse et al . (2025), Wang et al . (2025). Access the Virtual Issue at www.newphytologist.com/virtualissues .