Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Baytown you can determine when it's a good idea to plant blue lace flowers by referring to 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.

You can plant blue lace flowers a bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Baytown 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 blue lace flowers and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your blue lace flowers may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your blue lace flowers indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Baytown. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Baytown may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Baytown you get a frost after February 15 so always be ready to protect your blue lace flowers in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Baytown

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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