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.

It's a good idea to determine when to plant swan river daisy by looking at the USDA zone info for Harrisonburg.

Planting Calendar for Swan River Daisy

Frost tolerance for swan river daisy:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant swan river daisy until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant swan river daisy in Harrisonburg 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 swan river daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your swan river daisy may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your swan river daisy indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Harrisonburg. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Harrisonburg is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Harrisonburg you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your swan river daisy if you have a surprise 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.

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