RE: New USDA Zone Map

Um wow- there are tons of places they could go.  What do they like to
do/see?
Just walking around the city is pretty interesting, ride the trolley cars,
eat food of literally ANY kind, go to one of the many art museums, catch a
symphony concert (some are in the park!), go to golden gate park, play in
the ocean, drive up to Muir woods or Pt Reyes....

Theresa

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
Behalf Of Pamela J. Evans
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:55 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] New USDA Zone Map


Didn't realize it got that warm. But here it's months at a time - not
weeks. BTW - my folks are going to SF for the first time next month, any
good spots they should see??



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 28 May 2003 14:59:52 -0700

>Umm- You are right Jim.  We definitely do have a blast furnace here.  Hot
>hot and dry!  We usually have 2-3 weeks at or above 110 degrees.  In fact
>summer is officially here- it is 95 at 2:45pm- by 4 pm (our hottest part of
>the day) we'll likely make it to 100 today.
>We had a really cool wet spring- we actually had spring this year.- up
until
>2 weeks ago.  Then suddenly we had summer!  My sweetpeas are rapidly
>croaking- too hot!
>But salvia is just thriving!
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Island Jim
>Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:18 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] New USDA Zone Map
>
>
>hate to be a nag, but sacramento gets pretty warm in the summer. i remember
>it being 107 for a week once. and 100 degrees is no stranger to the
>thermometer any year. because it's north, doesn't mean it's cool.
>
>At 11:58 AM 5/28/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>More use needs to be made of the AHS heat zones too.
>>While hardiness is a major concern North of the Red River, here it's heat
>>zones that are more relevant.
>>Theresa can grow lots of things in her No. CA zone 8 that I wouldn't
>>dare try here. But she doesn't have blast furnace summers either. Here's
>>where the heat zones make such a difference. Most stuff is hardy at my
>>place except for the really tender tropical stuff and we usually do get
>>a couple freezes, but it's not cold that does my plants in - it's heat
>>and drought. I guess the smart play is to plant things that are adapted
>>or native to your local climate w/ the occasional exotic experiment just
>>for fun! I've gone w/ more xeriscape stuff since those last two bad
>>droughts we had 4 years or so ago. Just makes sense.
>>
>>
>>I
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Kemp TX/zone 8A



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