One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

A way of determining when it's a good idea to plant brachycome is to check out the USDA zone info for Beverly Hills.

Planting Calendar for Brachycome

Frost tolerance for brachycome:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's not a good idea to plant brachycome until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant brachycome in Beverly Hills 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 brachycome and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your brachycome may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your brachycome indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Beverly Hills the average date of last frost happens on January 31. You should expect an average low temperature of 35°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Beverly Hills is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Beverly Hills you get surprised by a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your brachycome in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Beverly Hills

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.

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