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

One way of figuring out when to plant digitalis is to look at the USDA zone info for Donaldsonville.

Planting Calendar for Digitalis

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

You can plant digitalis a little bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in Donaldsonville is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant digitalis and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your digitalis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your digitalis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Donaldsonville. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Donaldsonville is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Donaldsonville it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your digitalis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Donaldsonville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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