One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Geneseo you can estimate when it's the best time to plant lantana by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Lantana

Frost tolerance for lantana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since lantana are not cold tolerant you really should wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant lantana in Geneseo is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant lantana and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your lantana may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your lantana indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Geneseo. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Geneseo is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Geneseo you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your lantana if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Geneseo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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