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.

A way of determining when it's a good idea to plant myosotis is to refer to the USDA zone info for Central City.

Planting Calendar for Myosotis

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

You can plant myosotis a bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant myosotis in Central City 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 myosotis and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your myosotis may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your myosotis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Central City. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Central City 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 Central City you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your myosotis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Central City

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.

Plants to Grow in Central City

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