Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Menomonie can be reviewed to estimate when it's possible to plant lunaria.

Planting Calendar for Lunaria

Frost tolerance for lunaria:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Lunaria do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant lunaria in Menomonie is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant lunaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your lunaria may not have a chance to fully mature. Starting your lunaria indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Menomonie. You should expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Menomonie is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Menomonie you get surprised by a frost after May 15 be ready to protect your lunaria in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Menomonie

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

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