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

You can estimate when you can plant skullcap in Phoenixville by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Skullcap

Frost tolerance for skullcap:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's a bad idea to plant skullcap until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Phoenixville. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Phoenixville is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Phoenixville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your skullcap in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Phoenixville

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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