OT: Zones down under.
From: "Mark Cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> My husband Les and I run an iris and daylily nursery in the Adelaide Hills
of
> South Australia. Nice deep sandy loam, pH6.1 Frosts for about 7 months of
the
> year but rarely snow. Wet winters and dry summers. Whats the equiv USA
zone? Our
> summer max temp is about 40 degrees C and our winter daytime max is
usually over
> 8degrees. The heaviest frosts would be about 10 degrees of frost. So we
can grow
> most anything. Out main TB bloom season is late Oct and early Nov for LA
and
> Spu.
Coleen,
Welcome to Iris Talk From what you say, I would suspect that your USDA
Zone comparison would be Zone 8. I am assuming that you mean 10 Degrees
Celsius of frost, which would equal 14 F. I am surprised that you get frost
seven months per year there. We do have another member near Adelaide.
[Ann!!]
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida [Sunny, 38 C]
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