One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. 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 ajuga in Barling should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Ajuga

Frost tolerance for ajuga:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Ajuga do well in quite a bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant ajuga in Barling 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 ajuga and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your ajuga may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your ajuga indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Barling may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Barling it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your ajuga in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Barling

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.

Plants to Grow in Barling

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Barling.