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.

The USDA zone info for Lebanon can be looked at to figure out when it's a good idea to plant calibrachoa.

Planting Calendar for Calibrachoa

Frost tolerance for calibrachoa:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant calibrachoa just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

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

The last month that you can plant calibrachoa and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your calibrachoa may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your calibrachoa indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Lebanon. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Lebanon is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Lebanon it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your calibrachoa in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lebanon

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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