Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of determining when it's a good idea to plant four-o-clock flower is to examine the USDA zone info for Bayonne.

Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Four-o-clock flower are not cold tolerant which means that it is important to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Bayonne 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 four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your four-o-clock flower indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Bayonne. 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 Bayonne may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Bayonne you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your four-o-clock flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bayonne

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

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