One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the 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.

You can figure out when it's possible to plant geum in Atlantic Beach by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Geum

Frost tolerance for geum:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Geum do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant geum in Atlantic Beach is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant geum and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your geum may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your geum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Atlantic Beach. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Atlantic Beach is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Atlantic Beach you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your geum if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Atlantic Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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