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Knowing your zone will help you find what will grow most successfully in your garden. Choose your zone from the list to see what you can consider planting right now.

Australia

Detailed information on Australian climate zones can be found at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology website.

Australia - cool/mountain: Mild or warm summer. Cold winter with frosts. Includes high areas of the New South Wales Northern Tablelands (Armidale,Guyra,Glen Innes), Southern Tablelands, Canberra/ACT, and most of Tasmania.
Australia - temperate: Warm summer (average January maximum < 30 degrees C), cool winter. Includes inland Queensland, New South Wales tablelands and coastal region south of Sydney, and much of southern coastal Australia from Melbourne, Adelaide through to Perth.
Australia - sub-tropical: Warm humid summer (average January maximum temperature < 30 degrees C). Mild dry winter. Includes the eastern seaboard from Brisbane south through Coffs Harbour to Sydney.
Australia - tropical: Hot humid summer (average January maximum temperature > 30 degrees C). Warm winter. Extends across the north of Australia from Canarvon through Port Hedland, Broome, Darwin, Cairns, and south to Rockhampton.

New Zealand

An overview of New Zealand climate zones can be found at the NIWA Science website.

New Zealand - temperate: Warm summer, cool wet winter. Occasional frosts.
New Zealand - cool/mountain: Warm summer. Cold winter with frosts.
New Zealand - sub-tropical: Warm summer. Mild winter with rare frost.

United Kingdom

United Kingdom - temperate/cool
United Kingdom - temperate/warm

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