Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Vernon you can estimate when to plant artemesia by reviewing 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.

Since artemesia are barely cold tolerant you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Vernon 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. If you wait any later than that and your artemesia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your artemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Vernon. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Vernon is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Vernon last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your artemesia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Vernon

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

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