One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Cathedral City can be used to figure out when it's the best time to plant four-o-clock flower.

Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since four-o-clock flower require warm weather you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Cathedral City is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your four-o-clock flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Cathedral City. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cathedral City is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Cathedral City you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your four-o-clock flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Cathedral City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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