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.

One way of determining when you can plant doronicum is to use the USDA zone info for West Hollywood.

Planting Calendar for Doronicum

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

Doronicum do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in West Hollywood. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for West Hollywood is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in West Hollywood last frost occurs after January 31 be ready to protect your doronicum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for West Hollywood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

Plants to Grow in West Hollywood

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