Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. 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 Cape Canaveral can be looked at to estimate when you can plant aubretia.

Planting Calendar for Aubretia

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

Aubretia do well in a bit of cold which means that you can plant them earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant aubretia in Cape Canaveral 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 aubretia and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your aubretia may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your aubretia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Cape Canaveral and it will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Cape Canaveral last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to cover your aubretia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cape Canaveral

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.

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