One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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.

A common way of estimating when you can plant felicia daisy is to consult the USDA zone info for Wilmington.

Planting Calendar for Felicia Daisy

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

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

The earliest that you can plant felicia daisy in Wilmington 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 felicia daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your felicia daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your felicia daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Wilmington may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Wilmington last frost occurs after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your felicia daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wilmington

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

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

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