One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

The USDA zone info for Olmsted Falls should be looked at to estimate when to plant foxglove.

Planting Calendar for Foxglove

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

Foxglove do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Olmsted Falls 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 foxglove and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your foxglove may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Olmsted Falls. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Olmsted Falls is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Olmsted Falls there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your foxglove in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Olmsted Falls

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 Olmsted Falls

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