Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of getting a good idea when it's possible to plant dracaena is to look at the USDA zone info for Visalia.

Planting Calendar for Dracaena

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

Dracaena do ok in pretty solid cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant dracaena in Visalia 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 dracaena and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your dracaena may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your dracaena indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Visalia. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Visalia is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Visalia it frosts late in the year after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your dracaena if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Visalia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Visalia

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