When to Plant Bunny Tails grass in Warwick, RI

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 common way of getting a good idea when to plant bunny tails grass is to refer to the USDA zone info for Warwick.


Planting Calendar for Bunny Tails grass

Frost tolerance for bunny tails grass: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since bunny tails grass do ok in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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A good time to plant bunny tails grass
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant bunny tails grass
Probably not a good time to plant bunny tails grass

The earliest that you can plant bunny tails grass in Warwick 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 bunny tails grass and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your bunny tails grass may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your bunny tails grass indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Warwick. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Warwick is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Warwick last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your bunny tails grass in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Warwick

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.

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