Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Belle Glade you can determine when it's possible to plant liatris by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Liatris

Frost tolerance for liatris:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Liatris do well in cold which means that you can start planting them much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant liatris in Belle Glade is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant liatris and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your liatris may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your liatris indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Belle Glade. You should expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Belle Glade is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Belle Glade there is a last frost after January 31 so be sure to be ready to protect your liatris if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Belle Glade

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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