When to Plant Scutellaria in Westminster, CO

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Westminster can be looked at to figure out when it's possible to plant scutellaria.


Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

Frost tolerance for scutellaria: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

Scutellaria require warm weather which tells us that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant scutellaria
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant scutellaria
Probably not a good time to plant scutellaria

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Westminster is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your scutellaria may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your scutellaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Westminster. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Westminster is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Westminster last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your scutellaria if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Westminster

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-15°F
Highest Expected Low-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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