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.

The best time to plant copperleaf in Guntersville can be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Copperleaf

Frost tolerance for copperleaf:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Copperleaf do not do well in cold weather which tells us that it's important to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Guntersville. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Guntersville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Guntersville it frosts late in the year after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your copperleaf in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Guntersville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

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