One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

One way of making a decision about when to plant gloriosa daisy is to examine the USDA zone info for Tehachapi.

Planting Calendar for Gloriosa Daisy

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

You can plant gloriosa daisy a little earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant gloriosa daisy in Tehachapi 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 gloriosa daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your gloriosa daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your gloriosa daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Tehachapi. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Tehachapi is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Tehachapi you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to cover your gloriosa daisy if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tehachapi

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Tehachapi

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