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.

In Sherman you can figure out when to plant geum by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Geum

Frost tolerance for geum:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

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

The earliest that you can plant geum in Sherman 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 geum and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your geum may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your geum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Sherman. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Sherman is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Sherman it frosts late in the year after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your geum in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sherman

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Sherman

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