When to Plant Missouri Primrose in Brownsburg, IN

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

You can determine when you can plant missouri primrose in Brownsburg by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Missouri Primrose

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

Since missouri primrose are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant missouri primrose
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The earliest that you can plant missouri primrose in Brownsburg 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 missouri primrose and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your missouri primrose may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your missouri primrose indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Brownsburg is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Brownsburg you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your missouri primrose in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Brownsburg

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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