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.

In Fort Oglethorpe you can determine when it's the best time to plant statice by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Statice

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

Statice do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant statice in Fort Oglethorpe 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 statice and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your statice may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your statice indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Fort Oglethorpe the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Fort Oglethorpe is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Fort Oglethorpe there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your statice in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Fort Oglethorpe

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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