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.

You can estimate when you can plant flowering maple in Lebanon by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Flowering Maple

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

It's a bad idea to plant flowering maple until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant flowering maple in Lebanon 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 flowering maple and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your flowering maple may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your flowering maple indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Lebanon is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Lebanon last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your flowering maple if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lebanon

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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