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

The USDA zone info for Salamanca should be used to determine when it's a good idea to plant browallia.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

Frost tolerance for browallia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

You should not plant browallia until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Salamanca 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 browallia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your browallia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Salamanca. It might get as low as -20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Salamanca is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Salamanca you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your browallia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Salamanca

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -15°F.

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