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.

The USDA zone info for Akron can be looked at to estimate when it's the best time to plant daylily.

Planting Calendar for Daylily

Frost tolerance for daylily:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Since daylily are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant daylily in Akron is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant daylily and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your daylily may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your daylily indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Akron. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Akron may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Akron it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your daylily in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Akron

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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