The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's the best time to plant scaevola in Lathrop by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

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

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

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Lathrop 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 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 fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your scaevola indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Lathrop. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lathrop is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Lathrop there is a last frost after February 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your scaevola in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lathrop

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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