One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea your gardening schedule is find your 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 figuring out when you can plant fanflower is to examine the USDA zone info for Willows.

Planting Calendar for Fanflower

Frost tolerance for fanflower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Fanflower are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant fanflower in Willows 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. Any later than that and your fanflower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your fanflower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Willows. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Willows is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Willows you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your fanflower in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Willows

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 Willows

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Willows.