One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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 common way of determining when to plant flowering maple is to refer to the USDA zone info for Colton.

Planting Calendar for Flowering Maple

Frost tolerance for flowering maple:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

You can not plant flowering maple until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant flowering maple in Colton 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 flowering maple and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your flowering maple may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your flowering maple indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Colton. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Colton is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Colton you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your flowering maple if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Colton

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 Colton

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