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.

In Detroit Lakes you can determine when you can plant chocolate daisy by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chocolate Daisy

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

Chocolate Daisy do ok in moderate cold which tells us that you can start planting them slightly earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant chocolate daisy in Detroit Lakes 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 chocolate daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chocolate daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your chocolate daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on May 15 in Detroit Lakes. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Detroit Lakes is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Detroit Lakes you get surprised by a frost after May 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your chocolate daisy if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Detroit Lakes

Here is the info for USDA Zone 3b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-35°F
Highest Expected Low	-30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -30°F.

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