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.

You should be able to estimate when it's the best time to plant lavender by using the USDA zone info for Laredo.

Planting Calendar for Lavender

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

Lavender do well in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant lavender in Laredo is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant lavender and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your lavender may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your lavender indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Laredo. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Laredo 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 Laredo it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your lavender in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Laredo

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.

Plants to Grow in Laredo

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