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.

The USDA zone info for Gardena should be used to estimate when it's possible to plant scaevola.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

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

Since scaevola are not cold tolerant it's necessary to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Gardena and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Gardena it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to cover your scaevola in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Gardena

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.

Plants to Grow in Gardena

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