One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

You can estimate when it's possible to plant digitalis in Pascagoula by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Digitalis

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

Digitalis can survive in some cold which means that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in Pascagoula 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. If you wait any later than that and 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

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Pascagoula. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Pascagoula may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Pascagoula last frost occurs after March 15 so always be ready to cover your digitalis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pascagoula

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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 20°F.

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