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

One way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant calibrachoa is to use the USDA zone info for North Little Rock.

Planting Calendar for Calibrachoa

Frost tolerance for calibrachoa:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Calibrachoa are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant calibrachoa in North Little Rock is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant calibrachoa and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your calibrachoa may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your calibrachoa indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for North Little Rock is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in North Little Rock last frost occurs after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your calibrachoa if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for North 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 Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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.

Plants to Grow in North Little Rock

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