UK, including Ireland, is generally similar to our zones 7, 8 and 9 -
but more those zones on the west coast, not our east coast, where we
have very high summer temperatures and humidity - and hot, humid
nights, which many plants do not like at all.
Here's a map showing USDA zones for Europe:
http://www.marblenet.es/pjse/mapuse.htm
and, here's another:
http://www2.dicom.se/fuchsias/eurozoner.html
This site has information about US hardiness zones and the
temperatures for each in F and C.
http://markw.com/hzones.htm
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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Please can someone explain what criteria are used for "Zones"? With
a range of rarely freezing to rarely touching 80F, what "Zone" is
West Cork Ireland? This is 20F too low in summer & 30-40F too low
in winter for growing Spaths outside, especially with sea winds etc.
Ron
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