One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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 earliest that you can plant copperleaf in Newnan can be estimated by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Copperleaf

Frost tolerance for copperleaf:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since copperleaf do not do well in cold weather you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant copperleaf in Newnan 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 copperleaf and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your copperleaf may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your copperleaf indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Newnan the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Newnan is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Newnan it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your copperleaf if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Newnan

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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