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USDA Hardiness Zone Map

Use this map to find your USDA Hardiness Zone, a great guide to help you select plants that will thrive in your yard.

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Climate Maps

Creating an attractive garden means more than coordinating colors and selecting eye-catching varieties. Aesthetics don't mean much if weather conditions wild, freeze, or decay tender plants.

Climate maps, such as the USDA Hardiness Zone map, show low-temperature extremes by Zone. Choose plants best adapted to your Zone and plant them at the right time to increase your chance of success.

Use climate maps as a general guide; many microclimates may exist within a 1-mile radius of your home. Even within your yard, variations in exposure and topography can affect plants.


USDA Hardiness Zone Map Color Key


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pntldy92346 wrote:

My zone for So. Calif is 8. What plant can I use that gets the morning sun and does not drop its leaves in the winter. I want to put it in a container, would like some flowers on plan.

12/29/2009 07:17:06 PM Report Abuse
beckychappelle wrote:

Still don't know my zone.

12/10/2009 08:10:08 PM Report Abuse
robertapreston wrote:

it's really not all that hard people!!! start at the left and correspond that to the top. The left top to the map top. Then work your way down the list and down the map. The list goes cold to hot and the map from top to bottom is cold to hot. Now try again..... best wishes.

12/10/2009 05:53:40 PM Report Abuse
nanamadre wrote:

This is no help at all. I like the zip code idea much better.

12/10/2009 04:13:19 PM Report Abuse
gonzogal15 wrote:

very difficult to decipher

12/10/2009 03:31:54 PM Report Abuse

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