One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Portales can be reviewed to estimate when it's possible to plant bunny tails grass.

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 barely cold tolerant you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant bunny tails grass in Portales 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. If you wait 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 Portales. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Portales is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Portales last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your bunny tails grass if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Portales

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 Portales

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