When to Plant Blue Lace Flowers in Purcellville, VA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

You can determine when you can plant blue lace flowers in Purcellville by reviewing 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.

Since blue lace flowers do ok in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant blue lace flowers
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant blue lace flowers
Probably not a good time to plant blue lace flowers

The earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Purcellville is March. However, you really should wait until April 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 August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your blue lace flowers may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your blue lace flowers indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Purcellville. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Purcellville is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Purcellville last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to protect your blue lace flowers if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Purcellville

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 Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°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 Purcellville

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