WHAT ARE PLANT HARDINESS ZONES?

[elleng]

FIND PLANTING ZONES FOR THE U.S. AND CANADA
By The Editors
August 26, 2020

Exactly which USDA hardiness zone are you in? Plant hardiness zones—also known as planting zones or growing zones—help gardeners understand which plants can survive their region’s climate. Find your zone—and learn why it’s so important.

https://www.almanac.com/content/plant-hardiness-zones?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Greetings from balmy tropical Zone 4!

[MontanaMama]

2. So important!

I'm in Zone 3-4. I'm always so envious of the things that can be grown in warmer climates.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Same here - though some of those things can be grown as annuals.

[MontanaMama]

5. True.

I just try to keep annual purchases in check...like for pots and baskets. I've got a sizeable yard and perennials are a much bigger bang for the buck.

[HUAJIAO]

4. I'm in the 30" of snow zone...

[elleng]

6. OH GOLLY!!!

[soothsayer]

7. 7a and b

[hlthe2b]

8. The one thing I finally learned (and most newcomers don't) about Colorado, is no matter how

many warm spring days in March, April, or early May, don't plant ANYTHING outdoors until at least mid-May (and even then you may be covering well into June).

It seems every year many get tempted with all the plant displays at the nurseries and big-box stores, but I've finally been burned once too often. Yup, Zone 5, but spring makes us as iffy as a Zone 4.

[Hassler]

9. 8b in the Willamette valley, same zone as southern Georgia/northern Florida.

[CanonRay]

12. I'm technically in 8b as well, but I'm right on the ocean

so we never get warm enough for 8b plants to bear fruit. Tomatoes? Peppers? Forget it .

[msongs]

10. zone 12 b here and going into the high 50's tonight brrrr nt

[handmade34]

11. zone 3, maybe 4 in a good year

I manage somehow....