When to Plant Lavender in Uhrichsville, OH

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.

You should be able to figure out when it's possible to plant lavender by checking out the USDA zone info for Uhrichsville.


Planting Calendar for Lavender

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

Lavender tend to make it in mild cold which means that you can plant them a little earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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A good time to plant lavender
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant lavender
Probably not a good time to plant lavender

The earliest that you can plant lavender in Uhrichsville 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 and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your lavender may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your lavender indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Uhrichsville. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Uhrichsville is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Uhrichsville there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your lavender if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Uhrichsville

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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