One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. 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 plectranthus in Berea should be figured out by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Plectranthus

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

Plectranthus require warm weather which tells us that you need to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant plectranthus in Berea 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 plectranthus and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your plectranthus may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your plectranthus indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Berea. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Berea is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Berea you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your plectranthus if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Berea

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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