One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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 San Anselmo you can figure out when to plant digitalis by using 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 are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can plant them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in San Anselmo is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in San Anselmo. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for San Anselmo is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in San Anselmo it frosts late in the year after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your digitalis in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for San Anselmo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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