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

A way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant gazania is to use the USDA zone info for Griffin.

Planting Calendar for Gazania

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

You can plant gazania just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant gazania in Griffin 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 gazania and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your gazania may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your gazania indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Griffin. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Griffin is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Griffin you get a frost after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your gazania in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Griffin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Griffin

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