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.

You can determine when it's a good idea to plant calibrachoa in Payson by checking out the USDA zone info.

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.

Since calibrachoa do ok in moderate cold you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant calibrachoa in Payson 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 fully mature. Starting your calibrachoa indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Payson. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Payson may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Payson it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your calibrachoa in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Payson

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 Payson

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