One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

You should be able to figure out when you can plant lenten rose by checking out the USDA zone info for Hendersonville.

Planting Calendar for Lenten Rose

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

Since lenten rose are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant lenten rose in Hendersonville 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 lenten rose and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your lenten rose may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your lenten rose indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Hendersonville. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Hendersonville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Hendersonville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your lenten rose if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hendersonville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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