One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

You will be able to determine when it's possible to plant lemon grass by checking out the USDA zone info for Paradise Valley.

Planting Calendar for Lemon grass

Frost tolerance for lemon grass:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Lemon grass are barely cold tolerant which means that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant lemon grass in Paradise Valley 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 lemon grass and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your lemon grass may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your lemon grass indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Paradise Valley. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Paradise Valley is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Paradise Valley last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to protect your lemon grass in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Paradise Valley

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Paradise Valley

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Paradise Valley.