One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

You can figure out when it's a good idea to plant sweet williams in Guntersville by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Williams

Frost tolerance for sweet williams:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant sweet williams a little bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant sweet williams in Guntersville is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant sweet williams and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet williams may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your sweet williams indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Guntersville. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Guntersville may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Guntersville last frost occurs after March 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your sweet williams if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Guntersville

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 Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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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