One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant anagallis by reviewing the USDA zone info for Hillsdale.

Planting Calendar for Anagallis

Frost tolerance for anagallis:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant anagallis just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant anagallis in Hillsdale is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant anagallis and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your anagallis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your anagallis indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for Hillsdale is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Hillsdale last frost occurs after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your anagallis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Hillsdale

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 Hillsdale

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Hillsdale.