When to Plant Scaevola in Alexander City, AL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the 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 Alexander City can be used to figure out when you can plant scaevola.


Planting Calendar for Scaevola

Frost tolerance for scaevola: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant scaevola
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant scaevola
Probably not a good time to plant scaevola

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Alexander City 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 scaevola and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your scaevola may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your scaevola indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Alexander City. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Alexander City is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Alexander City you get a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your scaevola if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Alexander City

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 Low10°F
Highest Expected Low15°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.

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