The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Plover you can figure out when it's possible to plant digitalis by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Digitalis

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

Since digitalis are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant digitalis in Plover 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 digitalis and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your digitalis may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your digitalis indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is May 15 in Plover. You can expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Plover may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Plover you get a frost after May 15 be ready to cover your digitalis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Plover

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.

Plants to Grow in Plover

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