Zone 9b here: this is true except for when I try to get cold zone flowers to naturalize
AzucarParaTi
Lucky ducks. Still have 3′ of snow on the ground here.
OneMoistMan
9b here and even my full suns are thriving in partial shade 😊
pepperjackcheesey
And then in June I start to cry because the insane heat is killing everything.
beingafunkynote
10a here. What am I doing wrong lol
Middle-Example-6647
I’ve already had my first flowering on my roses, and they’re gorgeous!
floppydo
10b checking in with cilantro and lettuce self seeded volunteers from last year already part of our dinner every night. Not too shabby! I’ve got a full set of fruit on both my overwintered chili pequin and habanero and my strawberries didn’t stop producing all winter long.Â
beermaker
I’ve already got tiny tomatoes and we’ve been eating our own snap peas for a week. Having moved to zone 9b from the upper Midwest, we’re in gardening paradise.
ohlongdongjohnson
*cries in Georgia red clay*
reallyreally1945
My poppies have finished blooming and are dropping seeds in 9A. My blue flag iris have finished their first blooms. For reds, we have salvia greggi blooming extra full plus salvia coccinea. Lots of blue plumbago. We are planting more of it because it has been thriving in the new heat. Lots of blue gregg mist flower, too. Our mountain laurel trees finished blooming but the Mexican olive is covered in white blossoms. The yellow native hibiscus has some yellow blossoms. I am experimenting with French marigolds to see how they do in the heat this year. I am recovering from an accident so I felt like I hadn’t accomplished much this year. Listing all the things I do have has cheered me up.
nuskit
Ugh, I wish. I’m in 9A and have had to give up on anything squash-related due to SVB. The root knot nematodes are a constant nemesis and the heat makes every salad green bolt or taste horribly bitter, even in February.
If I can beat the RKN, then tomatoes, eggplants and spicy peppers do well here from Feb-June. Everything dies from heat from late June- mid Sept. Then more nightshades late Sept-Dec, and I can always get a healthy dose of leeks, bok choi and kohlrabi growth from Nov-Mar. Sadly, those are the only things I can get to grow. Even strawberries & potatoes can’t get a break here!
LopsidedAirlines
6b in europe here…. Literally only so many plants can last between -20 and +40 lol
beakrake
I’m going a bit nuts with the pigeon peas this year, in 10b.
It’s either going to be a beautiful green wall and help fix my heat island of a yard, or it’ll be a nighmare of a weedy mess (assuming they grow at all. press x to doubt. lol)
SithLordRising
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Lizardgirl25
Yah I am in 9b I am having a lot of luck this year I started a bunch of seeds thinking I will just get like half of these. And now I am like… wtf I have to many for the space I have because I didn’t expect so much to actually sprout.
Background-Ship3019
Take my upvote and raging zone 5 envy.
WyomingCatHouse
Curled up in a ball, crying in 5B
LazyCoffee
*cries in 4b*
fangirlengineer
10b-ish in the southern hemisphere… it basically doesn’t frost where I am, neither does it get above 30°C. Sometimes I wish summer was a little warmer for my peppers, and then I remember that this way I can generally grow garden peas in partial shade in the height of summer and I’m fine the way it is.
Certainly the climate is covering for my many gardening faults 😂
9A here. It’s a “just add water” kind of climate. Main issues I have are with plants that like humidity cause I can’t afford to add THAT much humidity.
Erika_ahhh
9b! I finally figured out the secret to having hydrangeas here is actually full shade.
Medium-Status176
Meanwhile there’s a danger of frost until late may where I live every year. I need to move. For flowers.
Common-Hedgehog-7605
I’m in 9a. It’s true, until the stink bugs arrive.
doublebagger45
Haha! Yeah. I was born and raised in socal and thought I was a good gardener. Then I moved to the Midwest and realized that I knew nothing. It was just that everything was going to grow in socal no matter what.Â
pollardandsprout
Our North Florida drought is making it a little confusing as to whether we have root rot, are overwatering or under-watering. I am probably overthinking it. Just need to stick to a more strict watering regiment.
cosmoscrazy
>:[
ResolveLeather
Zone 3 – you guys started gardening?
Far_Oven_3302
Cries in Zone 2B
KeimeiWins
Yeah until summer when the only thing I can grow is okra and sweet potatoes. I tell people summer is my winter, I clean my tools and solarize everything and SHOULD start seeds indoors but never do.
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Zone 9b here: this is true except for when I try to get cold zone flowers to naturalize
Lucky ducks. Still have 3′ of snow on the ground here.
9b here and even my full suns are thriving in partial shade 😊
And then in June I start to cry because the insane heat is killing everything.
10a here. What am I doing wrong lol
I’ve already had my first flowering on my roses, and they’re gorgeous!
10b checking in with cilantro and lettuce self seeded volunteers from last year already part of our dinner every night. Not too shabby! I’ve got a full set of fruit on both my overwintered chili pequin and habanero and my strawberries didn’t stop producing all winter long.Â
I’ve already got tiny tomatoes and we’ve been eating our own snap peas for a week. Having moved to zone 9b from the upper Midwest, we’re in gardening paradise.
*cries in Georgia red clay*
My poppies have finished blooming and are dropping seeds in 9A. My blue flag iris have finished their first blooms. For reds, we have salvia greggi blooming extra full plus salvia coccinea. Lots of blue plumbago. We are planting more of it because it has been thriving in the new heat. Lots of blue gregg mist flower, too. Our mountain laurel trees finished blooming but the Mexican olive is covered in white blossoms. The yellow native hibiscus has some yellow blossoms. I am experimenting with French marigolds to see how they do in the heat this year. I am recovering from an accident so I felt like I hadn’t accomplished much this year. Listing all the things I do have has cheered me up.
Ugh, I wish. I’m in 9A and have had to give up on anything squash-related due to SVB. The root knot nematodes are a constant nemesis and the heat makes every salad green bolt or taste horribly bitter, even in February.
If I can beat the RKN, then tomatoes, eggplants and spicy peppers do well here from Feb-June. Everything dies from heat from late June- mid Sept. Then more nightshades late Sept-Dec, and I can always get a healthy dose of leeks, bok choi and kohlrabi growth from Nov-Mar. Sadly, those are the only things I can get to grow. Even strawberries & potatoes can’t get a break here!
6b in europe here…. Literally only so many plants can last between -20 and +40 lol
I’m going a bit nuts with the pigeon peas this year, in 10b.
It’s either going to be a beautiful green wall and help fix my heat island of a yard, or it’ll be a nighmare of a weedy mess (assuming they grow at all. press x to doubt. lol)
*Processing img k4nyzb9grtug1…*
Yah I am in 9b I am having a lot of luck this year I started a bunch of seeds thinking I will just get like half of these. And now I am like… wtf I have to many for the space I have because I didn’t expect so much to actually sprout.
Take my upvote and raging zone 5 envy.
Curled up in a ball, crying in 5B
*cries in 4b*
10b-ish in the southern hemisphere… it basically doesn’t frost where I am, neither does it get above 30°C. Sometimes I wish summer was a little warmer for my peppers, and then I remember that this way I can generally grow garden peas in partial shade in the height of summer and I’m fine the way it is.
Certainly the climate is covering for my many gardening faults 😂
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9A here. It’s a “just add water” kind of climate. Main issues I have are with plants that like humidity cause I can’t afford to add THAT much humidity.
9b! I finally figured out the secret to having hydrangeas here is actually full shade.
Meanwhile there’s a danger of frost until late may where I live every year. I need to move. For flowers.
I’m in 9a. It’s true, until the stink bugs arrive.
Haha! Yeah. I was born and raised in socal and thought I was a good gardener. Then I moved to the Midwest and realized that I knew nothing. It was just that everything was going to grow in socal no matter what.Â
Our North Florida drought is making it a little confusing as to whether we have root rot, are overwatering or under-watering. I am probably overthinking it. Just need to stick to a more strict watering regiment.
>:[
Zone 3 – you guys started gardening?
Cries in Zone 2B
Yeah until summer when the only thing I can grow is okra and sweet potatoes. I tell people summer is my winter, I clean my tools and solarize everything and SHOULD start seeds indoors but never do.