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Re: [GWL]: Cotswolds Zone

Does anyone use the Heat Zone map produced by the AHS and, I think, 
Sunset? Has anyone found it useful?

Graham Rice
Northamptonshire, UK



>Tom Ogren wrote:
>
>>  I have long been curious: Is there a similar zones of winter hardiness just
>>  for Europe? Something European, not from our USDA?  In my book, Allergy-Free
>>  Gardening, I have a pretty decent zonal map of Europe, where I converted
>>  their climate to my best estimations of our USDA zones. But I'd love to see
>>  something on this order, from the Europeans. Does anyone know where to find
>>  such an animal??
>>
>>  Tom Ogren
>
>Tom,
>
>The International Aroid Society has a hardiness zone map of Europe:
>
>http://www.aroid.org/horticulture/zonemap/europe.html
>
>It also has zone maps of China and Australasia:
>
>http://www.aroid.org/horticulture/zonemap/
>
>There is a similar map at:
>
>http://www.marblenet.es/pjse/mapuse.htm
>
>GardenWeb also has a European map that can be enlarged by individual
>country:
>
>http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/forums/zones/hze.html
>
>The Canadian hardiness map is at:
>
>http://map1.agr.ca/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=Plant&Cmd=Map&Lang=En
>
>I believe these all are base upon the same criteria as the USDA map for the
>USA.
>
>The Australian National Arboretum has a zone map for Australasia:
>
>http://www.anbg.gov.au/hort.research/zones.html
>
>The Australian Bureau of Climatology publishes a Climate Classification Map
>of Australia:
>
>http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/other/kpn.jpg
>
>This is supplemented by an amazing array of other maps that provide a huge
>amount of additional information based upon several different criteria.
>
>http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/
>
>Among them are animated maps showing rainfall sequences for almost all the
>Twentieth Century.
>
>http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/climatology/anim_climatology.shtml
>
>I only wish we had something equivalent for this country! (or am I missing
>something?  For this country, the Sunset zones are based on much more
>detailed information:
>
>http://www.homestore.com/LawnGarden/Zones/Climate/default.asp
>
>John MacGregor
>South Pasadena, CA 91030
>USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23
>
>
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