Plant Hardiness Zones of Canada
Knowing what you can plant in your backyard garden that will survive the average weather you get where you live is important for a few reasons.
My main reason for knowing the hardiness zone where I live is so I don’t waste either my time, energy or potential harvests. So here is a link to the Canadian hardiness zone map so you can see what your zone is for the area you live in Canada.
When I was first planning my backyard garden I had no idea that I should pay attention to the plants I grow if I want to have the best plants and vegetables in my yard.
Knowing that we live in hardiness zone 4a gives us an edge and saves us money replanting the plants that just don’t survive well here.
Even though we live in the same province my sister in law lives in zone 3a. Some of the plants I grow in our backyard just won’t survive there or they may have a much shorter growing season meaning that they may not get a harvest.
Knowing what your plant hardiness zone you are in is fine but what good is that if you don’t know what it means. Well that was me. I knew the zone 4a and logic told me that it was warmer that zones further north but other than that I still didn’t know what I could plant.
Knowing the hardiness zone allows me to look at the tags on plants that indicate the growing zone they will survive in making it much easier to decide what flowers, shrubs, trees and vegetables I want in my backyard and garden.
Here is a link to more helpful plant hardiness data from Agriculture Canada.
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