| OH, and just so you know, I wasn't comparing just today's temps - it's a cool app. on the WC site that compares average temps over the course of several decades of data |
Here is a link that might be useful: Compare Climates
| I'd also be interested in finding out what folks have planted that they were surprised to find came back year after year. Zone pushers, you know who you are, what's been your unexpected performer? I found this visitor's blog (linked below) and love the photos from the Xeriscape demonstration garden in Pueblo - I was quite pleasantly suprised with the hesperaloe, Mimosa and Parry's Agave - I never would have expected them to grow there. It makes me think Mexican Bird of Paradise and Chitalpa's (Chilopsis x Catalpa) would work there as well? I find it hilarious that Caesalpinia mexicana is rated a zone 9 plant - they grow wild in Albuquerque in any abandoned dirt, esp. "hell strips." I find the whole "Zone" indicators are rather dubious the more actual gardening I do. Better to consult what people are actually growing in their yards :D |
Here is a link that might be useful: A Gardener's Visit to Pueblo
