One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the 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 begonias in Mayville should be figured out by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Begonias

Frost tolerance for begonias:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's not a good idea to plant begonias until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant begonias in Mayville 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 begonias and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your begonias may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your begonias indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Mayville. You can expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Mayville is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Mayville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your begonias if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mayville

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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