One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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 way of determining when it's possible to plant swan river daisy is to look at the USDA zone info for Encinitas.

Planting Calendar for Swan River Daisy

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

It's a bad idea to plant swan river daisy until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant swan river daisy in Encinitas 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 swan river daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your swan river daisy may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your swan river daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Encinitas. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Encinitas is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Encinitas there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your swan river daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Encinitas

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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