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.

In Hurricane you can determine when it's a good idea to plant copperleaf by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Copperleaf

Frost tolerance for copperleaf:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's probably not a good idea to plant copperleaf until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant copperleaf in Hurricane 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 copperleaf and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your copperleaf may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your copperleaf indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Hurricane. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Hurricane is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Hurricane you get a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your copperleaf if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hurricane

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Hurricane

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Hurricane.