Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to figure out when you can plant gayfeather by referring to the USDA zone info for Fort Lauderdale.

Planting Calendar for Gayfeather

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

Gayfeather do well in cold which means that you can get them planted much earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant gayfeather in Fort Lauderdale 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 gayfeather and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your gayfeather may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your gayfeather indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Fort Lauderdale. It might get as low as 35°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Fort Lauderdale is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Fort Lauderdale there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your gayfeather if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Fort Lauderdale

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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