One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. 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 common hollyhock is to use the USDA zone info for Fellsmere.

Planting Calendar for Common hollyhock

Frost tolerance for common hollyhock:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant common hollyhock a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant common hollyhock in Fellsmere 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 common hollyhock and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your common hollyhock may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your common hollyhock indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Fellsmere. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Fellsmere is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Fellsmere it frosts late in the year after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your common hollyhock if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fellsmere

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 Fellsmere

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