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.

One way of estimating when it's possible to plant aurinia is to examine the USDA zone info for Greenwood.

Planting Calendar for Aurinia

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

Aurinia do ok in cold weather which means that you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant aurinia in Greenwood 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 aurinia and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your aurinia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your aurinia indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Greenwood is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Greenwood there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your aurinia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Greenwood

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 Greenwood

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