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Re: Zones
on 6/26/03 7:32 PM, GardenLit@aol.com at GardenLit@aol.com wrote:
> What is the correct descriptor for zone, hardiness or climatic? For most
> people hardiness used to refer to cold-hardiness but now the heat-tolerance of
> plants is factored in. But heat-tolerance is still hardiness is it not?
In short, the USDA calls it the HARDINESS Zone Map, so that¹s what I use.
Hardy is one of those words that has a popular meaning among the general
public, meaning tough or strong, as in durable, but it can mean something
else in a horticultural context. A particular plant can be described as
being a ³hardy variety,² and we know it is a durable plant. When ³hardiness²
is mentioned, it involves it¹s cold hardiness, for that is what is inferred
by the horticultural context. When the USDA published their ³Hardiness Zone
Map² hardiness took on a distinct meaning as described on their web site,
which is the normal tolerance of a healthy plant to an average winter. Heat
tolerance was addressed separately when the AHS published the Heat Zone Map=
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