One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of determining when to plant browallia is to refer to the USDA zone info for West Salem.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

Frost tolerance for browallia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's a bad idea to plant browallia until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in West Salem is May. However, you really should wait until June if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant browallia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your browallia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is May 15 in West Salem. It might get as low as -25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for West Salem is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in West Salem last frost occurs after May 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your browallia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for West Salem

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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