When to Plant Sweetscented Bedstraw in Calera, AL

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Calera can be figured out by reviewing the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

Frost tolerance for sweetscented bedstraw: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Sweetscented Bedstraw do well in mild cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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A good time to plant sweetscented bedstraw
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The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Calera is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Calera. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Calera is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Calera there is a last frost after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your sweetscented bedstraw if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Calera

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)November 15
Lowest Expected Low10°F
Highest Expected Low15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

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