The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Rosemead you can determine when it's possible to plant skullcap by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Skullcap

Frost tolerance for skullcap:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Skullcap do not do well in cold weather which tells us that you need to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant skullcap in Rosemead 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 skullcap and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your skullcap may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your skullcap indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Rosemead. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rosemead may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Rosemead there is a last frost after January 31 so make sure that you are ready to cover your skullcap if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Rosemead

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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