One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

A common way of determining when it's possible to plant hemerocallis is to use the USDA zone info for Wyandotte.

Planting Calendar for Hemerocallis

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

You can plant hemerocallis a little bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant hemerocallis in Wyandotte 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 hemerocallis and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your hemerocallis may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your hemerocallis indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Wyandotte the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Wyandotte is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Wyandotte you get a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your hemerocallis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wyandotte

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 Wyandotte

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