One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of estimating when you can plant iresene is to use the USDA zone info for Forsyth.

Planting Calendar for Iresene

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

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

The earliest that you can plant iresene in Forsyth 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 iresene and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your iresene may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your iresene indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Forsyth. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Forsyth may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Forsyth you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your iresene in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Forsyth

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.

Plants to Grow in Forsyth

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