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.

In Mercer Island you can determine when it's the best time to plant chocolate daisy by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chocolate Daisy

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

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

The earliest that you can plant chocolate daisy in Mercer Island 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 chocolate daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chocolate daisy may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your chocolate daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Mercer Island. You can expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Mercer Island is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Mercer Island last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to cover your chocolate daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mercer Island

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Mercer Island

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