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.

In Harvard you can estimate when it's the best time to plant english daisy by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for English Daisy

Frost tolerance for english daisy:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Since english daisy are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant english daisy in Harvard is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant english daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your english daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your english daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Harvard. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Harvard is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Harvard there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your english daisy in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Harvard

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.

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