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.

The USDA zone info for Los Alamitos can be reffered to in order to estimate when it's a good idea to plant strawflowers.

Planting Calendar for Strawflowers

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

Strawflowers can survive in very little cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant strawflowers in Los Alamitos 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 strawflowers and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your strawflowers may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your strawflowers indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Los Alamitos. You can expect an average low temperature of 35°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Los Alamitos is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Los Alamitos you get a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your strawflowers if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Los Alamitos

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 Los Alamitos

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