One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You will be able to figure out when it's a good idea to plant pennyroyal by referring to the USDA zone info for Crestline.

Planting Calendar for Pennyroyal

Frost tolerance for pennyroyal:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

You can plant pennyroyal a lot earlier in the year because they do well in cold.

The earliest that you can plant pennyroyal in Crestline 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 pennyroyal and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your pennyroyal may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your pennyroyal indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Crestline. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Crestline is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Crestline you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your pennyroyal if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Crestline

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

Plants to Grow in Crestline

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