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.

A common way of determining when you can plant fuchsia is to examine the USDA zone info for Conneaut.

Planting Calendar for Fuchsia

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

It's a bad idea to plant fuchsia until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant fuchsia in Conneaut 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 fuchsia and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your fuchsia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your fuchsia indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Conneaut is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Conneaut there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your fuchsia in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Conneaut

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 Conneaut

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