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    The Seattle area can be a great place to garden. The climate is mild, and the growing  season in the city and its immediate suburbs usually runs from March to November (and in  many years, longer!). Our last frost date in Spring is usually by April 20, and it's not  all that uncommon to see rosebushes blooming straight through to Christmas in a warm year.

  Seattle lies in the USDA climate zone 8 (minimum temperatures, 10 to 20°F or -12 to  -7°C) and the Sunset climate zone 5 (marine influence along the northwest coast and Puget  Sound). Though Seattle lies as far north as Bangor, Maine, the Pacific Ocean currents  bring mild marine air that keeps the Emerald City relatively warm (and wet!) in the winter  and cool and dry in the summer. Take a look at Seattle.Net's weather information page for  more information.

  Plants that thrive in the Seattle area include the ubiquitous rhododendron, daffodils,  ferns, dogwoods, vine maples, raspberries, and blackberries (whose vines can often be seen  running wild in untended empty lots; blackberries grow like weeds here!).