The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In East Orange you can figure out when it's possible to plant primroses by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Primroses

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

Primroses do well in cold which tells us that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in East Orange. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for East Orange is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in East Orange you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your primroses in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for East Orange

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.

Plants to Grow in East Orange

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