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

The earliest that you can plant vinca vine in Marietta should be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Vinca Vine

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

Since vinca vine are moderately cold tolerant you can plant them a little earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant vinca vine in Marietta 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 vinca vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your vinca vine may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your vinca vine indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Marietta 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 Marietta you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your vinca vine in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Marietta

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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