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.

It's a good idea to figure out when it's the best time to plant salpiglossis by looking at the USDA zone info for Lakeport.

Planting Calendar for Salpiglossis

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant salpiglossis until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in Lakeport. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lakeport is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Lakeport you get a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your salpiglossis if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lakeport

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Lakeport

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