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 best time to plant verbena in Amory can be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Verbena

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

Verbena are barely cold tolerant which means that you can start planting them slightly earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant verbena in Amory 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 verbena and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your verbena may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your verbena indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Amory. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Amory is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Amory you get a frost after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your verbena in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Amory

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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