When to Plant Gloriosa Lily in Jim Thorpe, PA

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's possible to plant gloriosa lily in Jim Thorpe by using the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Gloriosa Lily

Frost tolerance for gloriosa lily: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Gloriosa Lily require warm weather which tells us that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant gloriosa lily
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant gloriosa lily
Probably not a good time to plant gloriosa lily

The earliest that you can plant gloriosa lily in Jim Thorpe 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 gloriosa lily and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your gloriosa lily may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your gloriosa lily indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Jim Thorpe. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Jim Thorpe may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Jim Thorpe last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your gloriosa lily in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Jim Thorpe

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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