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

One way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant livingstone daisy is to look at the USDA zone info for Ceres.

Planting Calendar for Livingstone Daisy

Frost tolerance for livingstone daisy:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since livingstone daisy do not do well in cold weather you really should wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant livingstone daisy in Ceres 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 livingstone daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your livingstone daisy may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your livingstone daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Ceres the average date of last frost happens on February 15. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Ceres is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Ceres you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your livingstone daisy in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Ceres

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.

Plants to Grow in Ceres

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Ceres.