16/04/2024
Yes, there are hardiness zones maps for Europe, but they are much less used there, largely because the European climate is much more homogeneous than the North American one … and much milder. In Great Britain, for example, almost the entire island lies in hardiness zones 8a and 8b, with only the southwest coast in the warmer zone 9 and a few mountains and part of the north in cooler zone 7. (Compare that to the USA with a 12-zone range!) The differences are so slight that nurseries just tend to mention that plant X would need winter protection in cold areas … and for the Brits, zone 7, which most Americans and Canadians would consider as having mild winters, is bone-shatteringly cold!
