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.

The USDA zone info for West Sacramento should be used to determine when you can plant nemesia.

Planting Calendar for Nemesia

Frost tolerance for nemesia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant nemesia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant nemesia 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 nemesia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your nemesia may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your nemesia indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in West Sacramento. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for West Sacramento 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 West Sacramento there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to protect your nemesia if you have a surprise late frost.

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 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 West Sacramento

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