Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. 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 you can plant browallia is to examine the USDA zone info for Compton.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

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

You can not plant browallia until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Compton 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 browallia and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your browallia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your browallia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Compton. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Compton is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Compton you get surprised by a frost after January 31 so be sure to be ready to protect your browallia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Compton

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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