When to Plant Lantana in Walled Lake, MI

One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant lantana in Walled Lake can be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Lantana

Frost tolerance for lantana: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Lantana require warm weather which tells us that you need to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant lantana
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The earliest that you can plant lantana in Walled Lake 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 lantana and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your lantana may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your lantana indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Walled Lake is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Walled Lake there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your lantana if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Walled Lake

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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