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Zone 2? Really?

steveinely
13 years ago

Hey all:

New to gardenweb forums, but lifelong gardener sprung from a long line of lifelong gardeners.

We've been in Ely about 7 years, and I've always just assumed we were at the northern edge of Zone 3. It wasn't until joining this site and checking out a detailed hardiness zone map that I find we're smack in an island of Zone 2 in NE Minnesota surrounded by Zone 3.

And in fact it's gotten colder than -40 several times since we've lived here. That being said, all the Zone 3 shrubs, trees and perennials that we've grown up here seem hardy through the winters, as long as they are healthy and in the proper landscape/garden setting.

My question is, are there others out there in these small Zone 2 pockets of Minnesota, and what are your experiences with the hardiness of plants here?

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