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.

One way of determining when it's the best time to plant lenten rose is to look at the USDA zone info for Lorain.

Planting Calendar for Lenten Rose

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

Lenten Rose do well in moderate cold which means that you can start planting them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant lenten rose in Lorain 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 lenten rose and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your lenten rose may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your lenten rose indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Lorain is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Lorain you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your lenten rose in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lorain

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.

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