CheerioLounge
Chillin' In The Garden
I know I saw a post here somewhere about how to find your zone. Can someone please tell me where to find it?
Find my Zone?
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digitS'
Garden Master
I don't know if I'd use the Arbor Day Foundation zip look-up. I mean, that isn't "official" and just because they are claiming to use more current information than the USDA (which is stuck in 1991 - just to be PC) doesn't make ADF all that trustworthy. IMHO
Here is the USDA:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
Click on your state and then pull out the magnifying glass. It also helps to have really good color vision . . . You can also look at the chart for "Average Annual Minimum Temperature."
Your memory may serve you as well as anything there: What was the coldest temperature last winter & what has been the coldest temperature since you moved to your current home? What is the coldest temperature the little old lady down the street (who moved to the neighborhood in the 1950's) remembers?
The idea is that you won't be setting out an avocado tree or something that can't survive a winter night with that much cold.
Steve
Here is the USDA:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
Click on your state and then pull out the magnifying glass. It also helps to have really good color vision . . . You can also look at the chart for "Average Annual Minimum Temperature."
Your memory may serve you as well as anything there: What was the coldest temperature last winter & what has been the coldest temperature since you moved to your current home? What is the coldest temperature the little old lady down the street (who moved to the neighborhood in the 1950's) remembers?
The idea is that you won't be setting out an avocado tree or something that can't survive a winter night with that much cold.
Steve
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CheerioLounge
Chillin' In The Garden
Thanks Steve! I had looked it up before and couldn't remember if I was in zone 8 or 9. Turns out it's 9! Better fix my location info!!
digitS'
Garden Master
If you would like, you can compare the USDA designation with "Plant Maps."
Then you can go over to the Arbor Day Foundation and check with them.
Here is Plant Maps:
http://www.plantmaps.com/
Putting in your zip code will give you both the USDA and Plant Maps designation. I suppose it is a little easier than pulling out the magnifying glass for the USDA website. Still . . . and this is a little bit of a gripe for me . . . Oregon State University (I believe it was) received a pile of federal money to rework the USDA Hardiness Zone map using more current temperature data.
Dead in the water!! Or, I should say "dead in the political water."
Steve
Then you can go over to the Arbor Day Foundation and check with them.
Here is Plant Maps:
http://www.plantmaps.com/
Putting in your zip code will give you both the USDA and Plant Maps designation. I suppose it is a little easier than pulling out the magnifying glass for the USDA website. Still . . . and this is a little bit of a gripe for me . . . Oregon State University (I believe it was) received a pile of federal money to rework the USDA Hardiness Zone map using more current temperature data.
Dead in the water!! Or, I should say "dead in the political water."
Steve
ninnymary
Garden Master
Steve, according to my eyesight and colors, I'm in zone 11? That doesn't seem right. Nifty is in 8b and I'm about 30 min. from him. I just realize that my profile doesn't show my zone, I just put in San Francisco bay area. I need to probably update/change this.
Am I in zone 8b?
Mary
Am I in zone 8b?
Mary
digitS'
Garden Master
We posted at the same moment, Mary!
Does that Plant Map link help you?
Yeah, I don't have the best color vision . . . how's that for a guy who spent years working with flowers??
Steve
Does that Plant Map link help you?
Yeah, I don't have the best color vision . . . how's that for a guy who spent years working with flowers??
Steve
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CheerioLounge
Chillin' In The Garden
Steve - Plantmaps is awesome! I got all the info I was looking for all on one page! Thanks! 
ninnymary
Garden Master
Thanks Steve, I'm in zone 10a. Different one from Nifty's. I also now know my first and last frost dates, both in January.
Mary
Mary
April Manier
Deeply Rooted
How do I POST my zone?
digitS'
Garden Master
Would you like your zone, there, under your name, April??
Click your name "April Manier." You will see a "Profile menu" on the left side.
Click "Personal" . . . (not "Personality"
).
Type in your zone in the "Location" box.
Steve
Click your name "April Manier." You will see a "Profile menu" on the left side.
Click "Personal" . . . (not "Personality"
).Type in your zone in the "Location" box.
Steve
