Where in the Twilight...I mean Sunset Zone am I

inkneedeep

15 years ago

I am in Canyon Lake, South Riverside County, between Lake Elsinore and Sun City..North of Temecula, South of Corona..

I have trouble reading the chart... Help me find out what Sunset Zone I am in!

Thanks!!!

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calpat
15 years ago
While you're at it...I'm in Redding, Ca. zone 9a/b, but still haven't figured out what Sunset zone this is! No, not dumb, but really confused!
davissue_zone9
15 years ago
Pat, you are in Sunset zone 9, as well as USDA zone 9. Inkneedeep, you are in Sunset zone 18 or 19. This area is hilly to mountainous. Zone 18 is colder, either on a valley floor or up high. Zone 19, warmer, is on the lower slopes, cold temps slide off onto the valley floor, and you are low enough on the slope not to have colder weather d/t altitude. One way to tell is if there ever were citrus orchards by you. If there were, you are definitely zone 19. You two need to buy a sunset western gardening book, or at least check it out at your local library- this info is coming straight out of it ;-).
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ltecato
15 years ago
Ditto on the Sunset book. I see it all over the place and it's a great source of info.
inkneedeep
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks, once again davisue! I think I have a Western Garden Book somewhere, I better go look! I got reading so much other stuff.. I got lost along the way. I think I will be less confused going with the Sunset Zone.
bluekitobsessed
15 years ago
The Sunset Book is the Bible. IMO all the gardening books written about "gardening across America" can best be used by Californians to get a compost heap started, because we are so different (and no one else gets it).
inkneedeep
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes! We californians are differant...aren't we special..Ha Ha!
I do have alot of other good books though, but have to be careful with making sre I don't get carried away with all the info and end up planting things that are not really suitable.
debbiesdogs
14 years ago
inkneedeep, I'm in Tuscany Hills, overlooking Canyon Lake, in South Riverside County. I can probably see your house. I'm no expert but this area is Zone 9 and I can't imagine since you are a stone's throw away that you are in anything but Zone 9. I'd double check your zone. Zone 18,19 doesn't sound right but it is mountaineous here but and desert like, I'll admit to that.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Paw Spa
bahia
14 years ago
There are no Sunset zone 9 designations anywhere near Corona/Elsinore and Temecula, so it is either zone 18 or zone 19 depending on your altitude and what the lowest lows are that you typically get. If you see lots of Avocados and Macadamias and other subtropicals such as really old Bougainvilleas, Erythrina/Coral trees, etc in your neighborhood, besides citrus groves, then you are zone 19.
gobluedjm 9/18 CA
14 years ago
Looking at a google map and my sunset book I agree with Bahia that you are Sunset 18 or 19, but I would lean towards 18. Sun City would be 19 and Lake Elsinore would be 18 in my book but its a couple years old.
I'm in 18 and can't grow anything that doesn't tolerate heavy frost. So if you get heavy frost...be careful on any new plants.

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