Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The best time to plant pennyroyal in Litchfield can be estimated by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Pennyroyal

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

Pennyroyal do well in pretty solid cold which tells us that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant pennyroyal in Litchfield is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant pennyroyal and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your pennyroyal may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your pennyroyal indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Litchfield the average date of last frost happens on May 15. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -25°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Litchfield is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Litchfield you get surprised by a frost after May 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your pennyroyal if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Litchfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

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