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.

You can estimate when it's possible to plant fuchsia in Burlingame by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Fuchsia

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant fuchsia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Burlingame. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Burlingame is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Burlingame it frosts late in the year after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to protect your fuchsia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Burlingame

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

Plants to Grow in Burlingame

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