One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to figure out when you can plant aurinia by looking at the USDA zone info for Placerville.

Planting Calendar for Aurinia

Frost tolerance for aurinia:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since aurinia are very cold tolerant you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant aurinia in Placerville 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 aurinia and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your aurinia may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your aurinia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Placerville. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that the actual date of last frost may not be accurate from year to year because it is based on the USDA zone info for Placerville and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Placerville you get a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your aurinia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Placerville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Placerville

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