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.

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Grand Prairie should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

Frost tolerance for scutellaria:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Scutellaria are not cold tolerant which means that it is necessary to wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Grand Prairie 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 scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your scutellaria may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your scutellaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Grand Prairie. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Grand Prairie may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Grand Prairie you get a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your scutellaria in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Grand Prairie

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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