Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of estimating when it's a good idea to plant sweetscented bedstraw is to look at the USDA zone info for Ocean Springs.

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 slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Ocean Springs 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 sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Ocean Springs. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Ocean Springs may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Ocean Springs it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your sweetscented bedstraw in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Ocean Springs

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 Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°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 Ocean Springs

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