Question
Hi christorher littrell a i been trying to find what zone is san francisco for carnivorous plants i been read on the internal and i be seeing people talk about the zone they live in  can you tell me what that mean and also what zone is san francisco and for my plants thank you

Answer
Hello Robert,

After a quick search og USDA zones in San Francisco, I found the following information. San Francisco is zone 8-9 which means that most of your North American plants should do well there. The tropicals would need to remain indoors in winter. Zones are set up by general temperature so that farmers know what plants to grow best in what area and what precautions to take should they grow plants that require differing temperatures in winter so that their crops survive. If you try to grow a tropical plant outdoors all year in that climate, they will mostly die off and only the subtropicals might suvive and grow back next spring. The North American and temperate plants would go dormant in winter and grow back next spring.

Christopher