The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Bay Minette you can determine when it's a good idea to plant blue throatwort by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Blue Throatwort

Frost tolerance for blue throatwort:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

You really shouldn't plant blue throatwort until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant blue throatwort in Bay Minette 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 blue throatwort and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your blue throatwort may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your blue throatwort indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Bay Minette. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 15°F.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Bay Minette and it is different every year. Half of the time in Bay Minette last frost occurs after March 15 so always be ready to protect your blue throatwort in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Bay Minette

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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