Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

By checking out the USDA zone info for Wytheville you should be able to determine when it's a good idea to plant aurinia.

Planting Calendar for Aurinia

Frost tolerance for aurinia:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Aurinia do well in a bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant aurinia in Wytheville is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant aurinia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your aurinia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your aurinia indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for Wytheville may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Wytheville there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your aurinia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wytheville

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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