When to Plant Blue Lace Flowers in Zone 3a

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 earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Zone 3a should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Blue Lace Flowers

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

Blue Lace Flowers do well in very little cold which means that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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A good time to plant blue lace flowers
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant blue lace flowers
Probably not a good time to plant blue lace flowers

The earliest that you can plant blue lace flowers in Zone 3a is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant blue lace flowers and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your blue lace flowers may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your blue lace flowers indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Zone 3a. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -40°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Zone 3a is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Zone 3a last frost occurs after May 15 be ready to cover your blue lace flowers in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Zone 3a

Here is the info for USDA Zone 3a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)September 15
Lowest Expected Low-40°F
Highest Expected Low-35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -40°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -35°F.

Plants to Grow in Zone 3a

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Zone 3a.