One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

One way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant matricaria is to examine the USDA zone info for Scarsdale.

Planting Calendar for Matricaria

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

Matricaria are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can plant them earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant matricaria in Scarsdale 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 matricaria and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your matricaria may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your matricaria indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Scarsdale. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Scarsdale is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Scarsdale it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your matricaria if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Scarsdale

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 Scarsdale

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