The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Batesville you can determine when you can plant aubretia by using 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.

Aubretia can survive in cold weather which means that you can plant them much earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant aubretia in Batesville 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your aubretia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your aubretia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Batesville. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Batesville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Batesville it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your aubretia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Batesville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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