When to Plant Torenia in Bridgeville, PA

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Bridgeville you can estimate when to plant torenia by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Torenia

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

You should not plant torenia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant torenia
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant torenia
Probably not a good time to plant torenia

The earliest that you can plant torenia in Bridgeville 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 torenia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your torenia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your torenia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Bridgeville. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Bridgeville is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Bridgeville it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your torenia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bridgeville

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 Low0°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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