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.

The earliest that you can plant aubrieta in Redding should be determined by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Aubrieta

Frost tolerance for aubrieta:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Aubrieta are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant aubrieta in Redding 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 aubrieta and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your aubrieta may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your aubrieta indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Redding. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Redding is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Redding you get a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your aubrieta in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Redding

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 Redding

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