One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

One way of figuring out when you can plant chervil is to refer to the USDA zone info for Harrisonburg.

Planting Calendar for Chervil

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

Since chervil are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Harrisonburg. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Harrisonburg 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 Harrisonburg there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your chervil in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Harrisonburg

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.

Plants to Grow in Harrisonburg

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