So I’m catching up with my blogs last night and discover a post on Skippy’s Vegetable Garden that the USDA planting zones have changed. Great link to the updated USDA maps so you can check your zone.
That’s what I get for making a tongue-in-cheek comment about being in zone 7B or 8A depending on whether I want to pre-chill my tulip bulbs in the About Me box on my sidebar. Turns out that my 7B has become 8B.
Really? 8B? This is exactly how I felt in the Nordstrom’s lingerie department after my first professional bra fitting when I discovered that I’d been wearing the wrong cup size for my entire life. No wonder my heucheras have been spilling over the sides of the pots!
And when did this new categorization actually occur? Sure, the USDA just updated the info but it had to have taken some time to do all of the research and Photoshop the new maps. So exactly how many seasons have I been making wrong zone assumptions? And, more importantly, is this going to make me a better gardener in 2012 now that I’m working with accurate information? Or will it just make my heucheras more comfortable?
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