California Gardening Zones
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California gardening zones. Covid 19 impact to reduce the rate and risk of community spread of covid 19 the uc master gardener program uc anr and uc cooperative extension locations are closed. Home climate zones a plant s performance is governed by the total climate. To find the planting zone for california that you live in simply find the area on the map above that you live in and match the color of that area to the map.
Discovering what your planting zone for california is will help you to have a nicer garden. If you ve ever put in the effort to start your plants from seeds or you ve shelled out the money to plant a garden from seedlings someone else has started you understand why planting zones matter. It is currently the best organic gardening.
Based on the 1990 usda hardiness zone map this interactive version covers the state of california which ranges from usda zone 4b to usda zone 11a. Because the state is so large it is actually further broken down into northern and southern planting zones. Zone 11 is the warmest.
Zone 1 is the coldest. California planting zones range from zones 5a to11a. For the first time the map is available as an interactive gis based map for which a.
In most counties uc master gardener volunteers are still available to support your home gardening questions by e mail telephone or zoom. If you plant something at the wrong time for your zone you ve wasted time money and effort. Of 24 climate zones defined in the sunset western garden book and the 20 zones defined by the united states department of agriculture usda california has 20 and 16 respectively.
The southern region has zones 5a to 11a. When you order plants from catalogs or. The california garden web advice to grow by.