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

You should be able to figure out when it's a good idea to plant daylily by referring to the USDA zone info for Morro Bay.

Planting Calendar for Daylily

Frost tolerance for daylily:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Daylily do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant daylily in Morro Bay is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant daylily and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your daylily may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your daylily indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in Morro Bay. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Morro Bay is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Morro Bay there is a last frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your daylily if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Morro Bay

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.

Plants to Grow in Morro Bay

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