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

You can figure out when you can plant nemesia in Rainbow City by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nemesia

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

Since nemesia are not cold tolerant you need to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant nemesia in Rainbow 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 nemesia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your nemesia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your nemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Rainbow City. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rainbow City may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Rainbow City there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your nemesia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Rainbow City

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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