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.

You can figure out when you can plant lunaria in Rothschild by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Lunaria

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

Lunaria are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant lunaria 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 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 really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your lunaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Rothschild. It might get as low as -25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rothschild is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Rothschild last frost occurs after May 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your lunaria in the event of a surprise 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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