The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of estimating when it's possible to plant dusty miller is to use the USDA zone info for Brooksville.

Planting Calendar for Dusty Miller

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

Dusty Miller do well in cold which means that you can plant them much earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant dusty miller in Brooksville 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 dusty miller and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your dusty miller may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your dusty miller indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in Brooksville. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Brooksville is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Brooksville there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to cover your dusty miller in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Brooksville

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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