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.

A way of getting a good idea when it's possible to plant statice is to consult the USDA zone info for Brookings.

Planting Calendar for Statice

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

Since statice are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant statice in Brookings is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant statice and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your statice may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your statice indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Brookings. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Brookings is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Brookings last frost occurs after February 15 so always be ready to protect your statice if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Brookings

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Brookings

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