Re: Recommended Zone
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Recommended Zone
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 13:19:10 -0600 (CST)
> Up to the zone means from "warmer climates up to the zone". The zones in
> the northern hemisphere are from south (Florida is 10) to north (Alaska's
> North Slope is 1). So, when you say up to zone 4, it is from below up to
> zone 4. This makes it 10 to 4 and not 1-4.
>
> Sorry, Debbie, but your statement is incorrect. A plant that will live in
> zone 4 will not survive in zone 1. Alex
Agree, Alex, but you are being syntactically ambiguous. While we in the
Northern Hemisphere refer to 'down' as being 'more southern', I don't
know if that holds true in the Southern Hemisphere. So 'below up to
zone 4' in the geographical sense is true. However, a programmer or
scientist thinks as down as 'less than' -- thus making Debbie's original
assumption natural. To avoid confusion, we tend to use 'warmer zones'
or 'cooler zones' vs. 'up' or 'down'.
--
Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com) Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
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