Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to determine when it's a good idea to plant cleome by looking at the USDA zone info for West Springfield.

Planting Calendar for Cleome

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

Cleome require warm weather which tells us that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant cleome in West Springfield 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 cleome and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your cleome may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your cleome indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in West Springfield. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for West Springfield is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in West Springfield it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your cleome if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for West Springfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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