The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when you can plant statice in Bellevue by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Statice

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

Statice are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can start planting them earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant statice in Bellevue 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 statice and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your statice may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your statice indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Bellevue the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Bellevue is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Bellevue you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your statice if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bellevue

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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