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

By checking out the USDA zone info for Waterford it's possible to figure out when it's the best time to plant blue lace flowers.

Planting Calendar for Blue Lace Flowers

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

Since blue lace flowers are barely cold tolerant you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Waterford 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 blue lace flowers and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your blue lace flowers may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your blue lace flowers indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Waterford. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Waterford is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Waterford it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your blue lace flowers if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Waterford

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 Waterford

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