ok, I know that it's probobly not a good thing, (global warming) but as a gardener, I am thrilled. They also moved our last frost date from May31st to May 3rd, thats a huge change. I may be slow, might be everyone but me knew this, lol, but now I can start to look for some of that Pink Grass I have always wanted to plant next to my water garden. Only 32 days until spring!!
Kathy
Oh my gosh! That is wonderful news, I've noticed the difference in weather over the past few years personally and heard they were talking about that, where did you find out about this??? please if ya have any more info I'd love to hear about it!! I may be too far south of where you are but would like some info :)
Laurrie
Laurrie,
I read about it online, so I went to the Farmer's Almanac and it is in there in the hardiness zone
http://www.arborday.org/media/zones.cfm
it also gives the first and last frost dates and shows the whole state of Ohio is now zone 6, so your covered!!
Kathy
Wanna bet-- that might be believed then what ya gonna do on that coldest year in ten and have it kill all your zone six or five perennials---better buy zone four perennials and plan on puttin zone five and six in a bucket so you can putem in the basement and letem go dormant--another trick is to water them really good at freezing time and deeply-if they ar the kind you can do that with then cover them with some bark or mulch to keep them from thawing--ice will not get colder than thirty two degrees---pink grass could be devided into pots and multiplied in the winter couldnt they--my thoughts anyway--good luck too--stevo
I totally agree with Godsplace. I live in central MO and we are now listed as zone 6. I have a lot of experience with losing plants that are suppose to be hardy in both zones 5 & 6. I have learned to buy zone 4 plants most of the time. Some zone 5 perennials will do fine until we have a really hard winter then they die. Last winter killed most hardy mums in the entire zone 5 region of the nation. That was a genuine zone 5 winter like I grew up with. Most of central MO's winters the prior 4 or 5 years had been more like zone 6 - 7 type. Hence the decision to change our zone numbers.
Thanks for the link Kathy, I do know our winters have been so mild compared to when I was growing up, and I always temp myself with plants for higher climate zones, but then, I probably always will do that regardless of the zone listing, changing the zones just confirmed to me what I have thought all along, our winters are not nearly what they were in the past.
Laurrie
