When to Plant Liatris in Liberty Lake, WA

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.

You should be able to estimate when it's the best time to plant liatris by checking out the USDA zone info for Liberty Lake.


Planting Calendar for Liatris

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

You can plant liatris much earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant liatris
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant liatris
Probably not a good time to plant liatris

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

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Liberty Lake may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Liberty Lake it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your liatris in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Liberty Lake

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 Low0°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 Liberty Lake

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