When to Plant Oleander in Union City, TN

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. 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 possible to plant oleander is to refer to the USDA zone info for Union City.


Planting Calendar for Oleander

Frost tolerance for oleander: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant oleander until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant oleander
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant oleander
Probably not a good time to plant oleander

The earliest that you can plant oleander in Union City is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Union City may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Union City you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your oleander if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Union City

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 Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°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.

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