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.

In Belmar you can determine when you can plant achillea by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Achillea

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

Achillea tend to make it in a bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Belmar. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Belmar is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Belmar last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your achillea if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Belmar

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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