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

It's possible to determine when to plant achillea by referring to the USDA zone info for Moberly.

Planting Calendar for Achillea

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

Since achillea are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather you can plant them much earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

The last month that you can plant achillea and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your achillea may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your achillea indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Moberly. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Moberly is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Moberly you get a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your achillea if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Moberly

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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