Re: SUNSET ZONE-out
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: SUNSET ZONE-out
- From: M* T* <t*@flash.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 17:13:39 -0600 (MDT)
Rick Wiles wrote:
>
> WHat exactly is a sunset zone? WHat does it mean? Is it important?
> >(Life-shattering questions here!
>
> The USDA divides the country into 11 hardiness zones each zone has an
> average lowest temperatures 10 degrees higher then the next lowest zone.
>
> Sunset publishing company divides the USA and southern Canada into 45
> different zones which take into account not only lowest temperature but
> highest temperature, humidity, and rainfall. The Sunset gardening book
> contains zone maps and a list and disscription of 6,000+ plants and which
> zones are compatible with which Sunset zones.
> The book cost about $25 at Walk-Mart and Booksellers.
Sorry to be so ignorant, but what USDA zone am I in? And how does this
affect the iris that I order from someone in, say, CA.
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