One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. 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 Frankfort should be reviewed to figure out when it's a good idea to plant euphorbia.

Planting Calendar for Euphorbia

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

Euphorbia tend to make it in some cold which tells us that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant euphorbia in Frankfort 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 euphorbia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your euphorbia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your euphorbia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Frankfort. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Frankfort may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Frankfort it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your euphorbia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Frankfort

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 Frankfort

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