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.

A common way of determining when it's possible to plant portulaca is to examine the USDA zone info for Flat Rock.

Planting Calendar for Portulaca

Frost tolerance for portulaca:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since portulaca do not do well in cold weather you really should wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant portulaca in Flat Rock 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 portulaca and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your portulaca may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your portulaca indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Flat Rock. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Flat Rock may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Flat Rock there is a last frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your portulaca if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Flat Rock

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

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

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