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.

You can estimate when it's possible to plant salpiglossis in Point Pleasant by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Salpiglossis

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

Since salpiglossis are not cold tolerant you must wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant salpiglossis in Point Pleasant is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant salpiglossis and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your salpiglossis may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your salpiglossis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Point Pleasant. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Point Pleasant is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Point Pleasant you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your salpiglossis in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Point Pleasant

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.

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