One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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 it's possible to plant summer savory is to use the USDA zone info for Thomaston.

Planting Calendar for Summer Savory

Frost tolerance for summer savory:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant summer savory slightly earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant summer savory in Thomaston 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 summer savory and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your summer savory may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your summer savory indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Thomaston. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Thomaston is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Thomaston it frosts late in the year after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your summer savory in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Thomaston

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 Thomaston

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