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 Saratoga Springs you can figure out when it's a good idea to plant artemesia by checking out 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.

You can plant artemesia a bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Saratoga Springs 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. 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 Saratoga Springs. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Saratoga Springs is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Saratoga Springs last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your artemesia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Saratoga Springs

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

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