Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. 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 Sahuarita should be reviewed to estimate when to plant gazania.

Planting Calendar for Gazania

Frost tolerance for gazania:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant gazania slightly earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant gazania in Sahuarita 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 gazania and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your gazania may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your gazania indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Sahuarita. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Sahuarita is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Sahuarita you get a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your gazania if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sahuarita

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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