When to Plant Scutellaria in Carencro, LA

One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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 common way of getting a good idea when it's a good idea to plant scutellaria is to check out the USDA zone info for Carencro.


Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

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

Since scutellaria are not cold tolerant it's important to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Carencro 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 scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your scutellaria may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your scutellaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Carencro. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Carencro is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Carencro last frost occurs after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your scutellaria in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Carencro

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low20°F
Highest Expected Low25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Carencro

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