Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Peabody you can determine when it's possible to plant cerastium by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Cerastium

Frost tolerance for cerastium:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Cerastium tend to make it in some cold which means that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant cerastium in Peabody is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant cerastium and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your cerastium may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your cerastium indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Peabody. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Peabody may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Peabody last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your cerastium in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Peabody

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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