One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

In Crescent City you can estimate when it's possible to plant hypericum by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Hypericum

Frost tolerance for hypericum:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since hypericum do ok in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Crescent City. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Crescent City is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Crescent City it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your hypericum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Crescent 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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