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When to Plant Four-o-clock flower in Cottage Grove, WI

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 can estimate when it's possible to plant four-o-clock flower in Cottage Grove by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

Four-o-clock flower require warm weather which means that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant four-o-clock flower
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant four-o-clock flower
Probably not a good time to plant four-o-clock flower

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Cottage Grove 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 four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your four-o-clock flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Cottage Grove. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -20°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Cottage Grove is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Cottage Grove you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your four-o-clock flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cottage Grove

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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