The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to figure out when it's possible to plant yarrow by checking out the USDA zone info for Mount Vernon.

Planting Calendar for Yarrow

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

Yarrow are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather which means that you can start planting them much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant yarrow in Mount Vernon 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 yarrow and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your yarrow may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your yarrow indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Mount Vernon. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Mount Vernon is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Mount Vernon you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your yarrow in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mount Vernon

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.

Plants to Grow in Mount Vernon

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