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

It's possible to estimate when you can plant digitalis by checking out the USDA zone info for Bowling Green.

Planting Calendar for Digitalis

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

You can plant digitalis a little earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in Bowling Green 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 digitalis and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your digitalis may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your digitalis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Bowling Green. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Bowling Green is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Bowling Green last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your digitalis in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bowling Green

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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