One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea your gardening schedule is find your 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.

A common way of determining when you can plant pentas is to use the USDA zone info for Brooksville.

Planting Calendar for Pentas

Frost tolerance for pentas:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant pentas until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant pentas in Brooksville 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 pentas and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your pentas may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your pentas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Brooksville. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Brooksville is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Brooksville you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your pentas if you have one of those late frosts.

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.

Plants to Grow in Brooksville

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