One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant euphorbia is to check out the USDA zone info for Suwanee.

Planting Calendar for Euphorbia

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

Since euphorbia are barely cold tolerant you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Suwanee. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Suwanee is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Suwanee last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to protect your euphorbia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Suwanee

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.

Plants to Grow in Suwanee

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