Hardiness zones

LaFee 3/28/2010, 8:27 am

Hi all --

On the SFG Forums (and most other gardening forums originating in the US) -- you see a lot of talk about hardiness zones....but I had not found information to help those of us "over here" establish OUR zones.

So -- two links for us:

http://www.backyardgardener.com/zone/europe1zone.html

http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/forums/zones/hze.html
Most of us are zone 8 -- which is warmer than I thought we would be -- and includes most of us in Holland, the UK, and France. Susan in Savoie may be a 7, depending on exactly where she is, and southern Sweden is also a 7....the lucky ones in Spain could even make a 9.

Hope that helps sort out some of the confusion when the folks in the US start talking about 5b, 7a, and so on.

Mirjam 3/29/2010, 3:15 pm

Hi Lafee,

thanks for finding this! I have been looking for the info, but had not yet found it...
You don't happen to have last frost dates too, have you? Hardiness zones Icon_biggrin

I've had so much trouble finding those, and I'm still not sure...

LaFee 3/29/2010, 3:53 pm

Hi, Mirjam --

The ONLY thing I've found so far is this:

http://boldweb.com/gw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=25

Scroll down toward the bottom of the page, and it gives frost dates for the Northern Hemisphere.

Zone 8 is first frost between 30 October and 30 November, and last frost between 28 Feb and 30 March, which sounds about right, actually. (even if it's been a little bizarre the last two years...we had our first frost in early October last fall...and even though the magnolias and ornamental cherries are beginning to bloom now, I'm still a little afraid we might get a late freeze.)

If I find anything else, I'll post it.

**camprn** 12/17/2010, 8:05 pm

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