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.

A way of estimating when you can plant dahlberg daisy is to look at the USDA zone info for Columbus.

Planting Calendar for Dahlberg Daisy

Frost tolerance for dahlberg daisy:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's a bad idea to plant dahlberg daisy until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant dahlberg daisy in Columbus 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 dahlberg daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your dahlberg daisy may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your dahlberg daisy indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Columbus. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Columbus is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Columbus last frost occurs after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your dahlberg daisy if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Columbus

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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