The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant melampodium is to look at the USDA zone info for South Burlington.

Planting Calendar for Melampodium

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

Since melampodium require warm weather you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant melampodium in South Burlington 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 melampodium and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your melampodium may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your melampodium indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in South Burlington. It might get as low as -20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for South Burlington may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in South Burlington it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your melampodium if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for South Burlington

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -15°F.

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