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.

The earliest that you can plant crossandra in Selah can be determined by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Crossandra

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

Crossandra do not do well in cold weather which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Selah. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Selah is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Selah last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your crossandra if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Selah

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.

Plants to Grow in Selah

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