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Orchard People | Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter?

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Orchard People | Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter?



















In the past, you would consult a plant hardiness zone map if you wanted to know whether a fruit tree or any other plant could survive in your climate. But our climate is quickly changing. Are plant hardiness zone maps still helpful? In this episode, we chat about plant hardiness zones with Dan McKenney, PhD and John Pedlar from the Canadian Forest Service.

The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time.

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Show Notes

In the past, you would consult a plant hardiness zone map if you wanted to know whether a fruit tree or any other plant could survive in your climate.  But our climate is quickly changing. Are plant hardiness zone maps still helpful?

In this episode, we chat about plant hardiness zones with two research scientists from the Canadian Forest Service. They are Dan McKenney, PhD and John Pedlar. You can learn more about their work and download plant hardiness maps here.

To watch a video excerpt of this podcast visit:
https://youtu.be/IqLozgJAE5M

Listeners who emailed during the live show were entered into this month’s contest. The prize was a copy of the Arbor Day Foundations’s new book Now is the Time For Trees: Make an Impact by Planting the Word’s Most Valuable Resource (affiliate link) valued at $19.95 USD.

You can find more information about plant hardiness zones below:

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

The generation of USDA-equivalent extreme minimum temperature models and a comparison with Canada’s plant hardiness zones:

 

Beyond Traditional Hardiness Zones: Using Climate Envelopes to Map Plant Range Limits:

What is Orchard People?

Learn to grow fruit trees and food forests, gaining actionable insights in every podcast episode. Join fruit production instructor Susan Poizner as she interviews experts on fruit trees, food forests and permaculture. Winner of the 2021 GardenComm Silver Award of Achievement for Broadcast Media: Radio Program Overall.

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