Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. 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 sutera in Madison Heights can be figured out by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sutera

Frost tolerance for sutera:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Sutera do ok in a tiny bit of cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant sutera in Madison Heights is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sutera and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your sutera may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sutera indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Madison Heights. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Madison Heights is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Madison Heights you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sutera if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Madison Heights

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.

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