One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

In Clairton you can determine when it's possible to plant euphorbia by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Euphorbia

Frost tolerance for euphorbia:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Euphorbia do ok in moderate cold which tells us that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant euphorbia in Clairton is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant euphorbia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your euphorbia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your euphorbia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Clairton. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Clairton may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Clairton you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your euphorbia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Clairton

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 Low	0°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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