Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to figure out when you can plant nolana by looking at the USDA zone info for New Bedford.

Planting Calendar for Nolana

Frost tolerance for nolana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since nolana require warm weather you have to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant nolana in New Bedford 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 nolana and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your nolana may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your nolana indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in New Bedford. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for New Bedford is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in New Bedford you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your nolana in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Bedford

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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