When to Plant Astilbe in Perryville, MO

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Perryville you can figure out when it's possible to plant astilbe by reviewing the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Astilbe

Frost tolerance for astilbe: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Astilbe tend to make it in mild cold which tells us that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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A good time to plant astilbe
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant astilbe
Probably not a good time to plant astilbe

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

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Perryville. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Perryville may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Perryville there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your astilbe if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Perryville

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 Low0°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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