Gardening Zones
Merely for Your Guidance

 

Gardening zones are important to know if you want hardy plants. The following information has been reproduced through the courtesy of the U.S. National Arboretum for your convenience. Gardening zone figures are not fast rules, however, since Mother Nature can be temperamental. They are merely for your guidance. It follows that if you are to succeed in cultivating your chosen plants, your environment must meet their basic necessities.

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
The 1990 hardiness zone map below features the average yearly lowest temperatures projected in the United States and Canada for the years 1974 through 1986, and in Mexico for the years 1971 through 1984 in Mexico.


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Garden Zone 7:
Garden Zone 8:
Garden Zone 9:
Garden Zone 10:
Garden Zone 11:                   
 
below -50°F                      
-50 to -40°F           
-40 to -30°F      
-30 to -20°F           
-20 to -10°F           
-10 to 0°F  
0 to 10°F
10 to 20°F
20 to 30°F
30 to 40°F
above 40°F

       
below -46°C
-46 to -40°C
-40 to -34°C                    
-34 to -29°C
-29 to -23°C
-23 to -18°C   
-18 to -12°C
-12 to -7°C
-7 to -1°C
-1 to 4°C
above 4°C

       		  
Find out your lowest temperature and compare it with the chart above, and you will know what garden zone you are in.

Winter Gardening
Winter is an important time to make your soil and spring gardening productive and enjoyable. For example, you can cultivate ground covers to boost the nutrients in your soil for spring planting. There is the compost pile that goes on with its decomposition to further help make your soil ready. Additionally, plants abound that can be grown indoors and outdoors during fall and winter. Knowledge of your gardening zones come in very handy as you plan for winter gardening.

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