The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of estimating when it's a good idea to plant browallia is to refer to the USDA zone info for Barling.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

Frost tolerance for browallia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Browallia are not cold tolerant which means that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for Barling may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Barling there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your browallia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Barling

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.

Plants to Grow in Barling

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