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.

In Cheboygan you can figure out when it's the best time to plant vinca vine by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Vinca Vine

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

Since vinca vine are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them a little earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant vinca vine in Cheboygan 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 vinca vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your vinca vine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your vinca vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Cheboygan. It might get as low as -20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cheboygan is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Cheboygan there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your vinca vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Cheboygan

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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