Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. 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 Gonzales can be read to figure out when you can plant browallia.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

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

You can not plant browallia until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Gonzales 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 browallia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your browallia indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Gonzales the average date of last frost happens on February 15. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Gonzales may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Gonzales you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your browallia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Gonzales

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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