One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

A common way of determining when it's possible to plant flower-of-an-hour is to refer to the USDA zone info for Artesia.

Planting Calendar for Flower-of-an-Hour

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

You can plant flower-of-an-hour slightly earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant flower-of-an-hour in Artesia 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 flower-of-an-hour and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your flower-of-an-hour may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your flower-of-an-hour indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Artesia. It might get as low as 35°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Artesia is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Artesia last frost occurs after January 31 be ready to cover your flower-of-an-hour if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Artesia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

Plants to Grow in Artesia

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