When to Plant Argyranthemum in Radcliff, KY

One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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 Radcliff should be reffered to in order to determine when to plant argyranthemum.


Planting Calendar for Argyranthemum

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

It's a bad idea to plant argyranthemum until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

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A good time to plant argyranthemum
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant argyranthemum
Probably not a good time to plant argyranthemum

The earliest that you can plant argyranthemum in Radcliff 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 argyranthemum and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your argyranthemum may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your argyranthemum indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Radcliff. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Radcliff is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Radcliff last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your argyranthemum in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Radcliff

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 Low0°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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