One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when to plant sweet williams in Oak Hill by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sweet Williams

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

Sweet Williams do ok in mild cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Oak Hill. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Oak Hill is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Oak Hill last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your sweet williams in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Oak Hill

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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