When to Plant Lysimachia in Union City, CA

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

A way of determining when you can plant lysimachia is to look at the USDA zone info for Union City.


Planting Calendar for Lysimachia

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

Lysimachia can survive in some cold which tells us that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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A good time to plant lysimachia
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant lysimachia
Probably not a good time to plant lysimachia

The earliest that you can plant lysimachia in Union City 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 lysimachia and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your lysimachia may not have a chance to fully mature. Starting your lysimachia indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Union City. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Union City is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Union City you get surprised by a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your lysimachia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Union City

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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