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

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in Bangor can be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Digitalis

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

Digitalis do ok in mild cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in Bangor 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 digitalis and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your digitalis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your digitalis indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Bangor. You can expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Bangor is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Bangor last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your digitalis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bangor

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°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 -15°F.

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