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 determining when it's the best time to plant dipladenia is to check out the USDA zone info for Cape Canaveral.

Planting Calendar for Dipladenia

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

Since dipladenia require warm weather it's important to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Cape Canaveral is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Cape Canaveral it frosts late in the year after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your dipladenia in the event of one of those late frosts.

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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