The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of figuring out when to plant garden orache is to use the USDA zone info for Cottage Grove.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

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

Garden Orache can survive in mild cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Cottage Grove 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 garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Cottage Grove. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Cottage Grove is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Cottage Grove you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your garden orache if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cottage Grove

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°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 -15°F.

Plants to Grow in Cottage Grove

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