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.

One way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant copperleaf is to look at the USDA zone info for Tupelo.

Planting Calendar for Copperleaf

Frost tolerance for copperleaf:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since copperleaf are not cold tolerant you need to wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant copperleaf in Tupelo is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant copperleaf and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your copperleaf may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your copperleaf indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Tupelo. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Tupelo is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Tupelo there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your copperleaf if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Tupelo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

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

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

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