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.

You can estimate when it's the best time to plant foxglove in Rothschild by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Foxglove

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

Foxglove do well in a little bit of cold which means that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant foxglove in Rothschild 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 foxglove and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your foxglove may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your foxglove indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on May 15 in Rothschild. You can expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rothschild is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Rothschild you get surprised by a frost after May 15 be ready to protect your foxglove if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Rothschild

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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