One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Osceola should be reffered to in order to estimate when you can plant fanflower.

Planting Calendar for Fanflower

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

Since fanflower do not do well in cold weather you must wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Osceola. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Osceola is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Osceola you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your fanflower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Osceola

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 Osceola

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