The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of figuring out when you can plant sweet williams is to look at the USDA zone info for East Rutherford.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Williams

Frost tolerance for sweet williams:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Since sweet williams do well in moderate cold you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant sweet williams in East Rutherford 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 sweet williams and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your sweet williams may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your sweet williams indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in East Rutherford. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for East Rutherford is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in East Rutherford last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your sweet williams in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for East Rutherford

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in East Rutherford

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