Zones? What Zone is Houston Texas?
Jeff Hammad
Perhaps I should have read a FAQ but I'm new at gardening. What zone is
Houston Texas in?
Jeff
Keith Wilkinson
According to my map, you are in zone 9, but you are quite close to the
border of zone 8, which is further inland.
m&v
In <353790CA...@enron.com> Jeff Hammad <jha...@enron.com>
writes:
>Perhaps I should have read a FAQ but I'm new at gardening. What zone
is
>Houston Texas in?
>Jeff
>
Victoria.
Lou Minatti™
The rule of thumb to use: South of I-10, zone 9. North of I-10, zone 8.
For instance, my house in Katy is listed as zone 8, but my office in
west Houston, near Beltway 8 and Richmond, is zone 9. See:
http://www.pathfinder.com/vg/timelife/zonefinder/locatezone.html
Regardless, the USDA zones are useless, IMO. How many common "zone 8"
plants in Washington state can survive 5 months of 90+ degree weather?
Conversely, how many "zone 8" plants that we use in Houston can survive
a much cooler Washington state zone 8?
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m&v
>Regardless, the USDA zones are useless, IMO. How many common "zone 8"
>plants in Washington state can survive 5 months of 90+ degree weather?
>Conversely, how many "zone 8" plants that we use in Houston can
survive
>a much cooler Washington state zone 8?
>
That's why there is a new version of a zone map, it is a Heat Zone map,
complete with heat tolerance listings. Down here I worry much more
about our 90 days above 95+ degrees, than I fuss about winter
hardiness. The reason I wrote the zone as being 8b, was because there
are now break downs of the whole zones...putting Houston in 8b. When
miles seperates a zone, or a highway seperates a zone, it will be
listed with a letter depending on what side you are in.
Victoria
Lou Minatti™
Is there a URL where I can check out this map?
FlKeysM40
Probably 9a
FlwrCrzy
Lou:
I haven't seen an URL for the heat zone map but there is a book out called Heat
Zone Gardening. It hasn't been out for too long. Go to your favorite book
store and there is a map in there.
Flo
USDA Zone 9 and loving it!
m&v
>Is there a URL where I can check out this map?
I am not sure, but there is a new book titled "Heat Zone" or something
like that. Definitely let us know if you find a URL.
Victoria
Harold Olivier
I've found a few URLs that reference the book, but I couldn't find a
map on-line.
There is an article from last summer that says the American
Horticultural Society will publish the book late in '97:
http://www.jcsolutions.com/jcsgrower/heatzone.htm
I've checked the American Horticultural Society's Web site at
http://www.ahs.org/, but I am not a member and the non-member's page
doesn't have anything on heat zones (or much of anything else, for
that matter).
Finally, Time-Life published "Heat-Zone Gardening", by Dr. H. Marc
Cathey, last month. There is a review at:
http://www.bookpage.com/allencolibrary/9803bp/nonfiction/gardeningroundup.html
The book lists for $24.95, and is available from Amazon for $17.47:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/quicksearch-query/002-1487970-9757646
Harold
Tom
m&v wrote:
>
> In <3538D7...@usa.net> Lou Minatti™ <lou-m...@usa.net> writes:
>
> >Is there a URL where I can check out this map?
>
> I am not sure, but there is a new book titled "Heat Zone" or something
> like that. Definitely let us know if you find a URL.
Well, it's not the actual map, but it gives you the phone and
fax numbers to _get_ the map:
http://www.jcsolutions.com/jcsgrower/heatzone.htm
-Tom the Melaniephile