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

The USDA zone info for Montgomery should be reffered to in order to determine when it's a good idea to plant scutellaria.

Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

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

Since scutellaria require warm weather you have to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Montgomery 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 scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your scutellaria may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your scutellaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Montgomery the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Montgomery is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Montgomery there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your scutellaria in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Montgomery

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

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

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