One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

You can figure out when you can plant foxglove in Mayfield by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Foxglove

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

Since foxglove are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Mayfield 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 foxglove and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your foxglove may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Mayfield. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Mayfield is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Mayfield you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your foxglove in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mayfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Mayfield

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