When to Plant Scaevola in Pismo Beach, CA

One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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 first chance to plant scaevola in Pismo Beach can be figured out by using 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 require warm weather you must wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant scaevola
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant scaevola
Probably not a good time to plant scaevola

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Pismo Beach 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 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 really do well. 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 January 31 in Pismo Beach. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Pismo Beach may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Pismo Beach it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to cover your scaevola if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pismo Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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