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When to Plant Fanflower in West Sacramento, CA

One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for West Sacramento should be reffered to in order to figure out when to plant fanflower.


Planting Calendar for Fanflower

Frost tolerance for fanflower: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

Since fanflower do not do well in cold weather you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

The earliest that you can plant fanflower in West Sacramento is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant fanflower and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your fanflower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your fanflower indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In West Sacramento the average date of last frost happens on February 15. 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 West Sacramento is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in West Sacramento it frosts late in the year after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your fanflower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for West Sacramento

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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 West Sacramento

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