One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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 first opportunity to plant nierembergia in Millbrook can be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nierembergia

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant nierembergia until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant nierembergia in Millbrook 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 nierembergia and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your nierembergia may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your nierembergia indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Millbrook. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Millbrook may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Millbrook it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to cover your nierembergia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Millbrook

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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