One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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.

You will be able to figure out when it's a good idea to plant sweetscented bedstraw by checking out the USDA zone info for Slinger.

Planting Calendar for Sweetscented Bedstraw

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

Sweetscented Bedstraw are barely cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant sweetscented bedstraw in Slinger 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 sweetscented bedstraw and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your sweetscented bedstraw may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your sweetscented bedstraw indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Slinger is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Slinger you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your sweetscented bedstraw if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Slinger

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 Slinger

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