The growing zone for the greater DuBois area can range anywhere from 4b to 5b depending on what sort of a microclimate you may have directly around your garden or planting beds, and it can be different on the other side of the house. Are you in town, on a windblown hill, do you have a gardening nook with three sides of a heated building around it? Can you create a cold frame? It can extend your growing season by weeks. All sorts of differences can make a planting location warmer or colder. A good average to use when looking for plants in general for the DuBois area would be Zone 5. |
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For more information on how to grow plants in our climate, we have a nice library from which members may borrow books on gardening and nature. |