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Plant Hardiness Zones Q&A
Master gardener Paul James answers questions about the USDA hardiness zone map: how to read it, how to determine what plants could survive in your zone and how to take care of those plants.
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The USDA plant hardiness zones, last updated in 1990, are about to be revised. Gone will be the "a and b" zones. Four more numbered zones will be added for the semitropical portion of the country for a total of 15 zones.

Climate and Plant Hardiness Zones
When planning your garden, it is important to know what your climate zone is and choose your plants accordingly. This can mean the difference between success and disaster. The Agricultural Research Service of the U.S.

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About Plant Hardiness Zones
Plant hardiness zones are a general guide to help you know which plants will grow where you live because plants vary in the temperature extremes they can endure.

Plant Hardiness Zones divide the United States into 11 planting zones based on a 10 degree Fahrenheit difference in the average annual minimum temperatures.

USDA Plant Hardiness zones are often used to determine if a plant will grow well in an area. Hardiness zones are based on the average cold temperatures for an area.

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The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is a good resource for basic climate information anywhere in North America. Gardening books usually refer to these zones, so vegetable gardeners should be familiar with this map.

Check the plant hardiness zone map. It looks to me that zone 7-8 would be where you are located.

Avoid planting exotic species north of their plant hardiness zones unless unique microclimates in the landscape are present to guarantee winter survival.

Russian comfrey is a hardy perennial (USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 9) with large, hairy leaves; long, fleshy roots; and clusters of small cream, pink, or blue flowers. Unharvested plants grow to about 3 feet tall and wide.

Your garden is in a certain USDA Plant Hardiness Zone. By all right, any plant not cold-hardy in your area will perish over winter. So you rationalize, "I'll treat my boxwoods, tender rosemary bushes and blue perennial salvias like annuals.

For a very low border nothing surpasses dwarf boxwood, Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa, where it is hardy (USDA plant hardiness zones 6 or 7 and southward). It is dense, slow growing and evergreen.

Attempting to grow plants that are rated for a higher USDA Plant Hardiness Zone in a climate that is too cold for the plants (e.g., growing Zone 10 tropical plants in Zone 8).

Just keep in mind that not all of these plants, or others with fun animal names, are suitable for all plant hardiness zones or growing conditions. Select according to what will grow in your location.

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