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I live and garden in southwest Mexico and fit into the USDA zone 11 category. When i want to talk about climate related gardening things, i find members who have the similar zone that i do and can grow the same kind of plants that i grow. For example, people from the south of India and I have all the same plants in our gardens, also people in SW Texas and south Florida grow many of the same plants that i do.
Here is a link to find your USDA zone equivalent. All you need to do is figure out what the minimum and maximum temperatures in C degrees or F degrees are where you garden. Then look at the information in the green highlighted table in this link. The Table has USDA zone, min. temps and max temps in C and F and then you will know what zone is equivalent to your climate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There are many Forums on ATP that are not regionally oriented, for example "All Things Gardening", "Ask a Question", etc. so i don't think you want to limit yourself to a particular US region because you will be missing a lot. There are also "Plant ID" and "Insect" ID' forums that are not regional. You might want to check the Forums List to find the other non-regional Forums. We love to share information and photos; to learn and to help. You will find a friendly and knowledgeable group of people here to do those things with.
