When to Plant Artemesia in Huntington Park, CA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the 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.

It's possible to estimate when you can plant artemesia by referring to the USDA zone info for Huntington Park.


Planting Calendar for Artemesia

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

Artemesia are barely cold tolerant which tells us that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant artemesia
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant artemesia
Probably not a good time to plant artemesia

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Huntington Park 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 artemesia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your artemesia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your artemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Huntington Park. You can expect an average low temperature of 35°F in the coldest months of winter.

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

USDA Zone Info for Huntington Park

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 Low35°F
Highest Expected Low40°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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