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

The best time to plant blue lace flowers in Dublin should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

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.

You can plant blue lace flowers a bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Dublin is March. However, you really should wait until April 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 August. If you wait any later than that and your blue lace flowers may not have a chance to grow to maturity. 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

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Dublin. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Dublin is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Dublin you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your blue lace flowers if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Dublin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

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

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