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.

A way of estimating when it's possible to plant torenia is to look at the USDA zone info for Lomita.

Planting Calendar for Torenia

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

Torenia require warm weather which means that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant torenia in Lomita 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 torenia and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your torenia may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your torenia indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Lomita. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Lomita is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Lomita last frost occurs after January 31 so make sure that you are ready to cover your torenia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lomita

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 Lomita

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