One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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 Enterprise should be reffered to in order to estimate when it's possible to plant dracaena.

Planting Calendar for Dracaena

Frost tolerance for dracaena:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Dracaena do well in cold which means that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant dracaena in Enterprise is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant dracaena and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your dracaena may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your dracaena indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Enterprise. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 15°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Enterprise is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Enterprise you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your dracaena in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Enterprise

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 Enterprise

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Enterprise.