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

In Brandon you can determine when it's a good idea to plant periwinkles by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Periwinkles

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant periwinkles until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant periwinkles in Brandon is May. However, you really should wait until June if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant periwinkles and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your periwinkles may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your periwinkles indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on May 15 in Brandon. You can expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Brandon is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Brandon it frosts late in the year after May 15 so always be ready to protect your periwinkles if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Brandon

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

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