One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

A way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant heuchera is to examine the USDA zone info for Jenks.

Planting Calendar for Heuchera

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

Heuchera do well in moderate cold which means that you can start planting them earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Jenks is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Jenks you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your heuchera in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Jenks

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 Jenks

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Jenks.