One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when you can plant geum in Pleasant Hill by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Geum

Frost tolerance for geum:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since geum do ok in moderate cold you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant geum in Pleasant Hill 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 geum and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your geum may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your geum indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Pleasant Hill the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Pleasant Hill is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Pleasant Hill you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your geum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pleasant Hill

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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