One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Tuscola you can estimate when you can plant painted daisies by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Painted Daisies

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

Painted Daisies do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant painted daisies in Tuscola 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 painted daisies and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your painted daisies may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your painted daisies indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Tuscola is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Tuscola you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your painted daisies if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Tuscola

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.

Plants to Grow in Tuscola

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