One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

A common way of figuring out when to plant twinspur is to look at the USDA zone info for Longwood.

Planting Calendar for Twinspur

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

Since twinspur are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant twinspur in Longwood is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant twinspur and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your twinspur may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your twinspur indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Longwood. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Remember that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Longwood and it will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Longwood you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your twinspur if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Longwood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Longwood

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