I live in Houston. Somewhere I was told my zone was 8B, due to the fact I'm in Noth Houston? Anyone able to verify, as there are so many zone maps, I am not sure who to believe, although we could be classed as 9, our area gets about 10* cooler at nights at times, than the rest of the area, like say, South Houston does. I searched for one here, but didn't see one? Thank you!

The latest USDA zone map was released in 2012 and you can now get pretty specific to your area. Check it out here:

http://planthardiness.ars.usda...

You can also enter your zipcode and it should tell you your zone.

All except the most extreme north west tip of Harris County fall within zone 9a. The people who tell you that you are in zone 8b are probably going by the old data. The new map released in 2012 that dave links to above pushes our zone further north by several miles. Even within a particular zone, temperatures are going to vary, and you can expect temperature in general to be colder further north, even within the same zone. The USDA map is base on the most extreme cold temperature that you should expect in any given year. So in zone 9a you can expect that the lowest temps you we will receive in this zone are between 20 and 25.

Thank you! That was where I got my zone from, now that I thnk about it.

I live in southern Montgomery county and even I am in 9a.

Zones are not written in stone either.

There are slight variations, for example, I think this winter we must have all lost a zone

Cutie!

I'm in Houston, too! SE, Hwy 288, near Hobby Airport. Zone 9a. We're practically relatives, LOL!

So, what do you grow?

I'm grow raised bed veggies, and am trying to muster up enough courage to take up all the grass in my back yard and turn it into a dedicated veggie farm, LOL!

I have ENOUGH grass on the front lawn to satisfy most of my immediate neighbors and those in the next subdivision, too!

I just love when I run into a Houston gardener here!

Linda