When to Plant Hemerocallis in Poolesville, MD

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 Poolesville should be used to estimate when it's the best time to plant hemerocallis.


Planting Calendar for Hemerocallis

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

Hemerocallis are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant hemerocallis
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant hemerocallis
Probably not a good time to plant hemerocallis

The earliest that you can plant hemerocallis in Poolesville 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 hemerocallis and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your hemerocallis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your hemerocallis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Poolesville. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Poolesville is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Poolesville you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your hemerocallis in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Poolesville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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