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.

The first opportunity to plant sweet williams in Orange Beach can be determined by checking out 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.

Since sweet williams do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant sweet williams in Orange Beach is January. However, you really should wait until February 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 October. If you wait any later than that and your sweet williams may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your sweet williams indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Orange Beach. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Orange Beach is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Orange Beach there is a last frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your sweet williams if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Orange Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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