One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

One way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant english daisy is to examine the USDA zone info for Mankato.

Planting Calendar for English Daisy

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

English Daisy are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant english daisy in Mankato 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 english daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your english daisy may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your english daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is May 15 in Mankato. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -25°F.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Mankato and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Mankato you get surprised by a frost after May 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your english daisy in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mankato

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.

Plants to Grow in Mankato

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