Re: Zones a mystery
Mark Speakman wrote:
>
> Could someone please post a zones chart... or e-mail me one direct.
> Recently published UK and Irish gardening books still make no reference to
> temperature zones. I had no luck with a previous query, and am struggling
> to work out the system backwards by inference from postings !
> markspkn@iol.ie
> Annaghdown,
> Galway,
> Ireland.
> 40" rain. Low 25F
> 353-91-791598
Mark:
Jelitto and Schacht in their book Hardy Herbaceous Perennials list a
zone map for Europe:
Most of coastal Ireland is Zone 9 (including Galway). The interior
of Ireland and east coast is zone 8.
A thin strip running along the entire west coast of Britain is zone 9,
the rest of Britain is zone 8 except for a part of Scotland which is
zone 7.
The Mediterranean is mostly zones 9 and 10. Scandanavia is zones 4 thru
8.
France has zones 7 thru 9. Germany is 6 and 7.
It's all based on average minimum low temperatures. The higher the
average low temp, the higher the zone.
Glen in Regina, SK, Canadian prairies, zone 3
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