One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of estimating when it's the best time to plant regal geranium is to consult the USDA zone info for Cocoa.

Planting Calendar for Regal Geranium

Frost tolerance for regal geranium:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Regal Geranium do ok in mild cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant regal geranium in Cocoa is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant regal geranium and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your regal geranium may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your regal geranium indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Cocoa. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cocoa is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Cocoa last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to protect your regal geranium in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cocoa

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.

Plants to Grow in Cocoa

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Cocoa.