One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

The USDA zone info for Nixa can be reffered to in order to figure out when it's a good idea to plant argyranthemum.

Planting Calendar for Argyranthemum

Frost tolerance for argyranthemum:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant argyranthemum until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant argyranthemum in Nixa 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 argyranthemum and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your argyranthemum may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your argyranthemum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Nixa. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Nixa is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Nixa you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your argyranthemum if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Nixa

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.

Plants to Grow in Nixa

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