One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's a good idea to plant hardy hibiscus in Marysville by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Hardy Hibiscus

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

Hardy Hibiscus do well in pretty solid cold which means that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Marysville. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Marysville is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Marysville last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your hardy hibiscus if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Marysville

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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