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.

One way of getting a good idea when to plant calla lily is to look at the USDA zone info for Bloomfield.

Planting Calendar for Calla Lily

Frost tolerance for calla lily:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Calla Lily are not cold tolerant which means that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant calla lily in Bloomfield is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Bloomfield. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Bloomfield is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Bloomfield you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your calla lily in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Bloomfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

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