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 Sugar Grove you can determine when it's possible to plant aubretia by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Aubretia

Frost tolerance for aubretia:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since aubretia are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant aubretia in Sugar Grove 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 aubretia and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your aubretia may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your aubretia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Sugar Grove may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Sugar Grove you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your aubretia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sugar Grove

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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