I saw a post earlier asking “where our advice is coming from”. Part of the discussion suggested we list our hardiness zones to help out. A few weeks ago I donated to arborday.org. While on their website, I found a hardiness zone look up. This will work for those of you with US Zipcodes. Those of you outside the US might contact arborday.org request a tool that works for your location.
Keep in mind that these zones are based on your zip code only, so your micro-climate probably won’t be taken into account. And, I would assert that the basis of our zones is changing very rapidly. When I moved into my current Seattle home I would assert we were a zone 8a, now we have years when it feels more like a zone 9.
Times they are a changin’!
-- GardenMentor, Seattle, WA, www.gardenmentors.com & www.gardenhelp.org
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GrandmaT
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hardiness zone 5
posted 947 days ago
Thanks for the link :-)
-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5
MsDebbieP
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hardiness zone 5b
posted 491 days ago
a discussion about the zones for Canadians is here
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan
Scott Hildenbrand
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hardiness zone 6b
posted 491 days ago
Be aware that the Arborday zone mapping and the USDA zone mapping are not the same. Close, but not the same.
-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b