One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 USDA zone info for Barnesville should be reffered to in order to estimate when it's the best time to plant nemesia.

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 because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant nemesia in Barnesville 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. Any later than that and your nemesia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your nemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Barnesville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Barnesville you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so always be ready to cover your nemesia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Barnesville

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.

Plants to Grow in Barnesville

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