One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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 figure out when it's possible to plant artemesia in Prospect Park by using the USDA zone info.

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.

You can plant artemesia just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Prospect Park 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. Any later than that and your artemesia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your artemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Prospect Park. You should expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Prospect Park is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Prospect Park you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your artemesia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Prospect Park

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Prospect Park

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Prospect Park.