One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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.

The best time to plant bunny tails grass in Statesville can be determined by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Bunny Tails grass

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

Since bunny tails grass are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant bunny tails grass in Statesville 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 bunny tails grass and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your bunny tails grass may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your bunny tails grass indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Statesville. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Statesville is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Statesville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your bunny tails grass if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Statesville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

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

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