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

The earliest that you can plant fanflower in Kendallville can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Fanflower

Frost tolerance for fanflower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's probably a bad idea to plant fanflower until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant fanflower in Kendallville is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant fanflower and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your fanflower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your fanflower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Kendallville. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Kendallville is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Kendallville it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your fanflower in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Kendallville

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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