The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant foxglove is to examine the USDA zone info for Shepherdsville.

Planting Calendar for Foxglove

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

Foxglove tend to make it in a little bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Shepherdsville 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. If you wait any later than that and your foxglove may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

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

USDA Zone Info for Shepherdsville

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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