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

You can determine when it's the best time to plant lithospermum in Baldwinsville by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Lithospermum

Frost tolerance for lithospermum:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since lithospermum require warm weather you really should wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Baldwinsville. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

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

USDA Zone Info for Baldwinsville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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