The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Binghamton you can figure out when it's the best time to plant artemesia by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Artemesia

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

Artemesia can survive in very little cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Binghamton 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 artemesia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your artemesia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your artemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Binghamton. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Binghamton 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 Binghamton last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your artemesia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Binghamton

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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