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.

You should be able to estimate when it's possible to plant nemesia by reviewing the USDA zone info for New Britain.

Planting Calendar for Nemesia

Frost tolerance for nemesia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's a bad idea to plant nemesia until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant nemesia in New Britain 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 nemesia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your nemesia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your nemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in New Britain. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for New Britain is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in New Britain you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your nemesia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for New Britain

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°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 -5°F.

Plants to Grow in New Britain

You may be interested in your other planting guides for New Britain.