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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.

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  • USDAHardiness 2012-2015 Scale

    Temperature scale used to define USDA hardiness zones. These are annual extreme minima (an area is assigned to a zone by taking the lowest temperature recorded there in a given year). As shown, the USDA uses a GIS dataset averaged over 1976 to 2005 for its United States maps.

  • World Hardiness Zones

    Global Plant Hardiness Zones (approximate)

  • 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (USA)

    2012 update of the Hardiness Zone Map

  • UK zonemap

    Britain and Ireland's hardiness zones, USDA scale, 2006

  • Osterlengarden

    A garden in Simrishamn, southern Sweden.

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