One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 figure out when it's possible to plant digitalis in Morgantown by using 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.

You can plant digitalis a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

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

The last month that you can plant digitalis and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your digitalis may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your digitalis indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Morgantown. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Morgantown is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Morgantown there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your digitalis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Morgantown

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

Plants to Grow in Morgantown

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