When to Plant Dipladenia in Titusville, 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 will be able to figure out when you can plant dipladenia by using the USDA zone info for Titusville.


Planting Calendar for Dipladenia

Frost tolerance for dipladenia: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant dipladenia until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant dipladenia in Titusville 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 dipladenia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your dipladenia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your dipladenia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Titusville. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Titusville is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Titusville you get a frost after April 15 so always be ready to cover your dipladenia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Titusville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-15°F
Highest Expected Low-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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