One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's possible to estimate when to plant sweetscented bedstraw by looking at the USDA zone info for Rainsville.

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 are barely cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Rainsville 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 really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Rainsville. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rainsville is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Rainsville it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Rainsville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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