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

You should be able to figure out when it's a good idea to plant aegopodium by using the USDA zone info for Rittman.

Planting Calendar for Aegopodium

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

Aegopodium do well in cold which means that you can get them planted much earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant aegopodium in Rittman 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 aegopodium and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your aegopodium may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your aegopodium indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Rittman. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rittman is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Rittman last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your aegopodium if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Rittman

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 Rittman

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