The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant sweetscented bedstraw in Chanute by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

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

Since sweetscented bedstraw are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Chanute. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Chanute is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Chanute you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Chanute

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

Plants to Grow in Chanute

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