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.

In Winston-Salem you can determine when it's the best time to plant liatris by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Liatris

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

You can plant liatris much earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant liatris in Winston-Salem 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 liatris and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your liatris may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your liatris indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Winston-Salem. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Winston-Salem is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Winston-Salem last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your liatris if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Winston-Salem

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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