One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 figure out when it's a good idea to plant myosotis in Saginaw by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Myosotis

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

You can plant myosotis a little earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Saginaw. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Saginaw is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Saginaw you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your myosotis in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Saginaw

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.

Plants to Grow in Saginaw

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