One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

A common way of determining when to plant english daisy is to use the USDA zone info for Crawfordsville.

Planting Calendar for English Daisy

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

Since english daisy are moderately cold tolerant 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 english daisy in Crawfordsville 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 english daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your english daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your english daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Crawfordsville the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Crawfordsville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Crawfordsville last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your english daisy if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Crawfordsville

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 Crawfordsville

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