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

It's possible to estimate when it's the best time to plant celery by checking out the USDA zone info for Avon.

Planting Calendar for Celery

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

You can plant celery slightly earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Avon is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Avon you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your celery in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Avon

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.

Plants to Grow in Avon

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Avon.