Mike, That represents a lot of work! I'm very impressed with the labor that must have gone into those maps. I think it absolutely appropriate for any site dedicated to growing plants of the world around the world. Now I'll need some time to digest all that information. Jim Shields in cold and soon-to-be-snowy Westfield, Indiana USA a wet and very non-Mediterranean climate. At 11:31 PM 2/3/2010 -0800, Mike Mace wrote: >We all know what a Mediterranean climate is -- it's dry warm summers and >cool wet winters. But when you look more closely, the details vary from >region to region. For example, the specific weather that people call >"Mediterranean climate" is quite a bit different from the specifics in >California. >......... ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA