One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's possible to plant lithospermum in Powell by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Lithospermum

Frost tolerance for lithospermum:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Lithospermum are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant lithospermum in Powell 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 lithospermum and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your lithospermum may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your lithospermum indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for Powell 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 Powell there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your lithospermum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Powell

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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