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Planting a Garden: Your Hardiness Zone
Zone 6
Average annual minimum temperature -10 to 0 degrees Buxus sempervirens (common boxwood) Cedrus atlantica (Atlas cedar) Hedera helix (English ivy) Ilex opaca (American holly) Ligustrum ovalifolium (California privet) Prunus laurocerasus (cherry-laurel) Taxus baccata (English yew) Zone 7 Average annual minimum temperature 0 to 10 degrees Acer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple) Rhododendron Kurume Group (Kurume azalea) Ilex aquifolium (English holly) Zone 8 Average annual minimum temperature 10 to 20 degrees Arbutus unedo (strawberry-tree) Choisya ternata (Mexican orange) Olearia x haastii (New Zealand daisy-bush) Pittosporum tobira (Japanese pittosporum) Viburnum tinus (laurustinus) Zone 9 Average annual minimum temperature 20 to 30 degrees Asparagus setaceus (asparagus-fern) Eucalyptus globulus (Tasmanian blue gum) Fuchsia hybrids (fuchsia) Grevillea robusta (silky-oak) Schinus molle (California pepper-tree) Syzygium paniculatum (Australian brush-cherry) Zone 10 Average annual minimum temperature 30 to 40 degrees Bougainvillea spectabilis (bougainvillea) Cassia fistula (golden shower) Corymbia citriodora (lemon-scented gum) Ficus elastica (rubber plant) Ensete ventricosum (Abyssinian-banana) Roystonea regia (royal palm) Look up another zip code Take this quiz and find out what kind of gardener you are! Published on February 20, 2009
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