One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Staunton you can estimate when you can plant trifolium by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Trifolium

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

You can plant trifolium a bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Staunton is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Staunton it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your trifolium if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Staunton

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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