One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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 first opportunity to plant aurinia in Burton should be estimated by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Aurinia

Frost tolerance for aurinia:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since aurinia are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather you can plant them much earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

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

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

USDA Zone Info for Burton

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.

Plants to Grow in Burton

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Burton.