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.

The USDA zone info for Olympia should be read to figure out when you can plant summer savory.

Planting Calendar for Summer Savory

Frost tolerance for summer savory:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Summer Savory do ok in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them slightly earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant summer savory in Olympia 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 summer savory and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your summer savory may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your summer savory indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Olympia. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Olympia is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Olympia there is a last frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your summer savory if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Olympia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Olympia

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