One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the 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 Fountain Hills can be reffered to in order to determine when you can plant anemone.

Planting Calendar for Anemone

Frost tolerance for anemone:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Anemone do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them a little bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant anemone in Fountain Hills is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant anemone and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your anemone may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your anemone indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Fountain Hills. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Fountain Hills is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Fountain Hills you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your anemone if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Fountain Hills

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 Fountain Hills

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