When to Plant Nolana in Cape Canaveral, FL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the 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.

In Cape Canaveral you can determine when to plant nolana by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Nolana

Frost tolerance for nolana: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant nolana until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant nolana
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant nolana
Probably not a good time to plant nolana

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is 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 USDA zone info for Cape Canaveral may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Cape Canaveral there is a last frost after February 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your nolana if you have a surprise 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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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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