The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of estimating when it's the best time to plant sagina is to examine the USDA zone info for Wellington.

Planting Calendar for Sagina

Frost tolerance for sagina:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since sagina do ok in moderate cold you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Wellington. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Wellington is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Wellington it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your sagina if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wellington

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°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 -10°F.

Plants to Grow in Wellington

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Wellington.