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 first chance to plant campanula in Fort Thomas can be figured out by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Campanula

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

Campanula are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant campanula in Fort Thomas 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 campanula and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your campanula may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your campanula indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Fort Thomas. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Fort Thomas may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Fort Thomas last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to protect your campanula if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fort Thomas

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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