One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the 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 roses is to check out the USDA zone info for Red Wing.

Planting Calendar for Roses

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

Since roses do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant roses in Red Wing 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 roses and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your roses may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your roses indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Red Wing. It might get as low as -25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Red Wing is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Red Wing it frosts late in the year after May 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your roses if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Red Wing

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 Red Wing

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Red Wing.