One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Clearwater you can determine when it's possible to plant garden orache by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

Garden Orache do ok in some cold which means that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Clearwater 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Clearwater. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Clearwater is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Clearwater there is a last frost after January 31 so be sure to be ready to protect your garden orache if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Clearwater

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.

Plants to Grow in Clearwater

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