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.

One way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant trifolium is to use the USDA zone info for Placentia.

Planting Calendar for Trifolium

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

You can plant trifolium slightly earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant trifolium in Placentia 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 trifolium and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your trifolium may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your trifolium indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Placentia the average date of last frost happens on January 31. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Placentia may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Placentia you get a frost after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to protect your trifolium if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Placentia

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 Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°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.

Plants to Grow in Placentia

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Placentia.