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.

In Lawrence you can estimate when you can plant garden orache by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

Garden Orache do ok in a little bit of cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Lawrence 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Lawrence. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lawrence is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Lawrence you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your garden orache if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lawrence

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.

Plants to Grow in Lawrence

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