When to Plant Statice in Prairie Village, KS

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

It's a good idea to figure out when it's the best time to plant statice by reviewing the USDA zone info for Prairie Village.


Planting Calendar for Statice

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

You can plant statice just a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant statice
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant statice
Probably not a good time to plant statice

The earliest that you can plant statice in Prairie Village 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. If you wait any later than that and your statice may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your statice indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Prairie Village. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Prairie Village is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Prairie Village it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your statice in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Prairie Village

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

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

Plants to Grow in Prairie Village

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