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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant foxglove is to look at the USDA zone info for Wapakoneta.

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 plant them earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Wapakoneta 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 couple of weeks earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Wapakoneta is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Wapakoneta last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to cover your foxglove in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wapakoneta

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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