City Forestry Radio | Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter?

Up to now, you’d seek the advice of a plant hardiness zone map in case you needed to know whether or not a fruit tree or some other plant may survive in your local weather.  However our local weather is rapidly altering. Are plant hardiness zone maps nonetheless useful?

On this episode, we chat about plant hardiness zones with two analysis scientists from the Canadian Forest Service. They’re Dan McKenney, PhD and John Pedlar. You may be taught extra about their work and obtain plant hardiness maps right here.

To look at a video excerpt of this podcast go to:
https://youtu.be/IqLozgJAE5M

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You could find extra details about plant hardiness zones beneath:

Canadian Plant Hardiness Zone Maps and Extra:
planthardiness.gc.ca