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Selecting Plants: Will That Plant Grow Here? The Reality of Zone Maps. - Page 4
© Georgene Bramlage
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Jan 29, 2002
Maps are found in Sunset publications such as the National Garden Book, the 7th edition of the Western Garden Book, and the 1st edition of the Northeast Garden Book. The Northeast Garden Book details the 14 Sunset climate zones in the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. My zone is 38 along with the area along the coast of Maine and the shores of Lake Champlain in New York and Vermont. Looking up the six plants originally listed above, I find that all should grow with relative ease in climate zone 38, provided they are regularly supplied with water. An anecdote that always comes to mind when I start talking or writing about zone maps relates to my beginning days as a gardener. Early one spring, I ordered a fairly expensive shrub from a well-known New England nursery. After the order had been placed and confirmed, I hesitantly asked the older fellow on the other end of the telephone line, "It will grow for me, won't it?" His reply was, "Did you do your homework?" I assured him that I had and received this reply, "Well, then...there shouldn't be any problem." I am happy to say that except for a few nips by members of our local deer herd, the plant has continued to thrive for over twenty years. If you'd like to read more about plant hardiness zones here are several articles written by contributing editors within the Suite101.com Gardening Community :
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I really liked this article. My own experience with nursery "professionals" started when we bought our first house in New Jersey (zone6) and the lady sold us "citronella ferns" (to this day I still do ...
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In response to message posted by biogardener:
What you've found is unfortunate, but true in many places...your local ...
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I have found nursery staff to be totally useless in advising customers, except for the owners of one nursery whom I know personally. The rest of them only know two words, perennial and annual, but th ...
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In response to message posted by bici:
Hi Barbara! Sorry it took so long for me to get back to this question / idea.
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I have not had much difficulty understanding the basic USDA map, although my locale in the center of upstate NY seems to be an anomaly within the rest of the state. But knowing there are other systems ...
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