When to Plant Blue Lace Flowers in Palmyra, PA

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

In Palmyra you can estimate when you can plant blue lace flowers by reviewing the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Blue Lace Flowers

Frost tolerance for blue lace flowers: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since blue lace flowers do ok in moderate cold you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant blue lace flowers
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant blue lace flowers
Probably not a good time to plant blue lace flowers

The earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Palmyra is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant blue lace flowers and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your blue lace flowers may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your blue lace flowers indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Palmyra. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Palmyra and it changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Palmyra you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your blue lace flowers in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Palmyra

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

Plants to Grow in Palmyra

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