Full Definition of DETACHMENT. 1. : the action or process of detaching: separation. 2. a: the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service b: the part so dispatched c: a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition.
Northern parts of Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota are in the coldest zone in the U.S., Zone 3. Colorado Springs is in Zone 5b. Black Forest is in Zone 5a. Teller County, like most of our mountain areas, is in Zone 4. But there are other important factors that affect our growing season. Some 40 years ago Sunset magazine developed zone maps which cover Colorado and 12 other Western states.
The planting zones, also called hardiness zones, divide the United States, Mexico and Canada into 11 areas. Each of the gardening zones is based on a 10 degree Fahrenheit difference in the average annual minimum temperature. Planting Zones 1 and 2a, the coldest, represent Canada. The United States falls within zones 2 through 10. Hawaii and Mexico are represented by zone 11, the hottest zone.