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

The best time to plant erysimum in Clarksville should be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Erysimum

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

Erysimum are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Clarksville. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Clarksville is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Clarksville last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to protect your erysimum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Clarksville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

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

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

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