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.

The best time to plant lysimachia in Zimmerman can be determined by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Lysimachia

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

Lysimachia do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on May 15 in Zimmerman. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -30°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Zimmerman is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Zimmerman last frost occurs after May 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your lysimachia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Zimmerman

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-30°F
Highest Expected Low	-25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -25°F.

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