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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant rosemary is to examine the USDA zone info for Tulia.

Planting Calendar for Rosemary

Frost tolerance for rosemary:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since rosemary do well in cold you can plant them earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant rosemary in Tulia 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 rosemary and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your rosemary may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your rosemary indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Tulia. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Tulia is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Tulia you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your rosemary if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Tulia

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 Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°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.

Plants to Grow in Tulia

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Tulia.