Hardiness zone facts for kids

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Zonescale
This shows the temperatures of the hardiness zones.

A hardiness zone is an area where a certain plant can grow. The zones are categories based on the average coldest temperature in a given year. Plants in that category or one with a lower number can grown in that area.

Images for kids

  • UK zonemap

    Britain and Ireland's hardiness zones

  • Osterlengarden

    A garden in Simrishamn, southern Sweden.

  • NADF 2006 changes map cropped

    Differences between 1990 USDA hardiness zones and 2006 arborday.org hardiness zones reflect global warming..

  • 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (USA)

    2012 update of the Hardiness Zone Map


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