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.

It's a good idea to figure out when it's a good idea to plant statice by checking out the USDA zone info for Grand Prairie.

Planting Calendar for Statice

Frost tolerance for statice:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Statice do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than more sensitive plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Grand Prairie. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Grand Prairie is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Grand Prairie it frosts late in the year after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your statice if you have 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.

Plants to Grow in Grand Prairie

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Grand Prairie.