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 Parkersburg you can estimate when you can plant cerastium by using 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 do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant cerastium in Parkersburg 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. If you wait 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

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Parkersburg. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Parkersburg is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Parkersburg you get a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your cerastium if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Parkersburg

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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