One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant armeria in Queen Creek should be figured out by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Armeria

Frost tolerance for armeria:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Armeria are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather which tells us that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant armeria in Queen Creek is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Queen Creek is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Queen Creek you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so always be ready to cover your armeria in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Queen Creek

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 Queen Creek

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