One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Yelm you can determine when to plant myosotis by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Myosotis

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

You can plant myosotis a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant myosotis in Yelm 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 myosotis and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your myosotis may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your myosotis indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Yelm. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Yelm is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Yelm there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to protect your myosotis if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Yelm

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 Yelm

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