One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

The USDA zone info for Arcadia should be used to estimate when to plant celosia.

Planting Calendar for Celosia

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

Since celosia require warm weather you really should wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Arcadia and it is different every year. Since half of the time in Arcadia you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your celosia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Arcadia

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 Arcadia

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