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.

The USDA zone info for Watertown should be reffered to in order to estimate when it's possible to plant sweetscented bedstraw.

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 do ok in moderate cold you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

In Watertown the average date of last frost happens on April 15. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Watertown may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Watertown you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sweetscented bedstraw if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Watertown

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.

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