Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Metropolis you can determine when it's possible to plant copperleaf by looking at 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.

Copperleaf are not cold tolerant which means that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant copperleaf in Metropolis 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. If you wait any later than that and 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

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Metropolis. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Metropolis is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Metropolis you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your copperleaf if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Metropolis

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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