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

In Mamaroneck you can estimate when it's possible to plant lavender cotton by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Lavender Cotton

Frost tolerance for lavender cotton:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Lavender Cotton are very cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted much earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant lavender cotton in Mamaroneck 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 lavender cotton and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your lavender cotton may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your lavender cotton indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Mamaroneck. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Mamaroneck is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Mamaroneck last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your lavender cotton if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mamaroneck

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.

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