One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Savage you can figure out when it's possible to plant four-o-clock flower by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

You can not plant four-o-clock flower until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Savage is May. However, you really should wait until June if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your four-o-clock flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Savage. You should expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Savage may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Savage it frosts late in the year after May 15 so always be ready to protect your four-o-clock flower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Savage

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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