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

It's possible to estimate when it's the best time to plant statice by reviewing the USDA zone info for Mahanoy City.

Planting Calendar for Statice

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

Statice are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant statice in Mahanoy City 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 statice and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your statice may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your statice indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Mahanoy City. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Mahanoy City is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Mahanoy City last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your statice if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mahanoy City

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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