One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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.

The first opportunity to plant euphorbia in Albuquerque can be determined by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Euphorbia

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

Since euphorbia are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant euphorbia in Albuquerque 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 euphorbia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your euphorbia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your euphorbia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Albuquerque. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Albuquerque may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Albuquerque it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your euphorbia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Albuquerque

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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