When to Plant Foxglove in Fort Lee, NJ

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of getting a good idea when it's a good idea to plant foxglove is to use the USDA zone info for Fort Lee.


Planting Calendar for Foxglove

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

Foxglove do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than other frost tender plants.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant foxglove
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant foxglove
Probably not a good time to plant foxglove

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Fort Lee 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 foxglove and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your foxglove may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Fort Lee. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Fort Lee is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Fort Lee you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your foxglove in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fort Lee

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 Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°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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