When to Plant Nemesia in Little Rock, AR

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 best time to plant nemesia in Little Rock should be estimated 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.

It's not a good idea to plant nemesia until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

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

The earliest that you can plant nemesia in Little Rock 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 really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your nemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Little Rock. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Little Rock is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Little Rock last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to protect your nemesia in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Little Rock

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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