The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first chance to plant borage in Grosse Pointe can be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Borage

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

Borage do ok in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Grosse Pointe. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Grosse Pointe may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Grosse Pointe last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your borage if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Grosse Pointe

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.

Plants to Grow in Grosse Pointe

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