Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant browallia is to examine the USDA zone info for Menlo Park.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

Frost tolerance for browallia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since browallia are not cold tolerant you must wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Menlo Park 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 browallia and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your browallia may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your browallia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Menlo Park. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Menlo Park is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Menlo Park you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your browallia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Menlo Park

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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