One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

One way of determining when it's possible to plant iresene is to examine the USDA zone info for Oakwood.

Planting Calendar for Iresene

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

Iresene require warm weather which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant iresene in Oakwood 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. Any later than that and your iresene may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your iresene indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Oakwood. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Oakwood is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Oakwood last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your iresene if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Oakwood

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.

Plants to Grow in Oakwood

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