One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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.

It's a good idea to figure out when it's a good idea to plant scutellaria by checking out the USDA zone info for Allendale.

Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

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

Scutellaria do not do well in cold weather which means that it's necessary to wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Allendale is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. 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

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

Since the USDA zone info for Allendale is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Allendale it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your scutellaria in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Allendale

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.

Plants to Grow in Allendale

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