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.

A way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant scutellaria is to refer to the USDA zone info for Nevada.

Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

Frost tolerance for scutellaria:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Scutellaria do not do well in cold weather which tells us that it's important to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Nevada 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 scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your scutellaria may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your scutellaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Nevada is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Nevada you get a frost after April 15 so always be ready to protect your scutellaria if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Nevada

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 Nevada

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Nevada.