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.

A common way of figuring out when it's possible to plant foxglove is to look at the USDA zone info for Camp Hill.

Planting Calendar for Foxglove

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

Since foxglove do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Camp Hill 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. If you wait any later than that and your foxglove may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Camp Hill. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Camp Hill is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Camp Hill last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your foxglove if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Camp Hill

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Camp Hill

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Camp Hill.