Lee Thank you so much for all the hard work! That will be very helpful to me here in weird-weather SW Georgia (zone 8b, heat zone 9) Erin Grace astroJim and Erin Grace Thomasville, GA jegrace@rose.net -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lee Poulsen Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:55 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Worldwide Plant Hardiness Zone Maps (was: Re: Arctic Express) Because of the recent intense cold in a region of the U.S. that doesn't experience it very often at all (and curiously, of all my plants that I didn't protect the first cold morning, the younger leaves of Clivias fully exposed to the 3°K clear night sky appear to be the only thing that got damaged), and because of people's enthusiasm over Jay's new thumbnail capability for the wiki, I thought I'd mention now that I've uploaded my collection of the best USDA Hardiness Zone maps that I've found so far for various regions around the world to the Miscellaneous section of the wiki (in the Hardiness Zone Maps subsection). I'm still in the process of adding explanatory text, so wait for that before asking me any questions. Some of the maps are JPEGs and some are PDFs (which usually contain a lot more detail). All are supposed to use the same (USDA) methodology for determining the zones, but I think some were more accurate at doing this than others. Also, it appears that some had more detailed temperature data than others had (and/or better mapping algorithms). But all in all, it's a first cut at being able to compare similar climate zones (or at least winter-time expected cold temperatures) among many of the various countries and continents that we all live in, or from which the plants we want to grow originate. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Enjoy, --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php