One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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 USDA zone info for Cave Creek should be reffered to in order to figure out when you can plant lantana.

Planting Calendar for Lantana

Frost tolerance for lantana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant lantana until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant lantana in Cave Creek 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 lantana and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your lantana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your lantana indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Cave Creek. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cave Creek is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Cave Creek it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your lantana in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Cave Creek

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Cave Creek

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Cave Creek.