New USDA Map

[latebloomer]

Well,my zone has changed...how about yours?
http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/#

 

[RonsGarden]

I know mine is 6b but that depends on the winter in any given year! So I average it out and claim 5/6!

 

[Maggie]

No change mine is 6b.

 

[mr_yan]

Mine went from 4b to 5b. I know we have been -22 F. One of those cold snaps last year a coworker of mine went outside and measured it on a calibrated and certified thermometer. Oh well USDA says only -15.

 

[Kya D]

I always get zone 5 plants cuz I know we can get -20 here every few years

 

[Crabbergirl]

I was a 9/10 now I am a 9a. Not much change for me

 

[rockhound]

I take this map with a LARGE grain of salt, just like I do most gov "information". Somebody somewhere is getting paid, and paid well for averaging the temperatures of the last 15 years and saying "it's getting warmer" (or colder). What a cushy job.

 

[mr_yan]

I take this map with a LARGE grain of salt, just like I do most gov "information".

But you're not supposed to have that much salt in your diet, the government says so.

Four of the last five years we've been below -20F here. Beyond that I can't speak to as I only moved here in early summer 2006.

 

[Crabbergirl]

But you're not supposed to have that much salt in your diet, the government says so.

heheheheh

 

[Randy]

The cardiologists also say so. We have had them speak at the diabetes support group meetings on occasion and there are two things they land on every time; red meat and salt.