When to Plant Artemesia in Greenville, PA

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

The USDA zone info for Greenville should be read to determine when you can plant artemesia.


Planting Calendar for Artemesia

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

Artemesia do ok in moderate cold which means that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Greenville 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 artemesia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your artemesia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your artemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Greenville. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Greenville is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Greenville there is a last frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your artemesia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Greenville

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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