One of the first steps you take when you are estimating your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The best time to plant sweetscented bedstraw in Fairhope can be determined by using 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.

Since sweetscented bedstraw do ok in moderate cold you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Fairhope 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Fairhope. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Fairhope is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Fairhope you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Fairhope

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.

Plants to Grow in Fairhope

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