When to Plant Transvaal Daisy in Fort Myers Beach, FL

One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your 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.

The USDA zone info for Fort Myers Beach should be reffered to in order to figure out when you can plant transvaal daisy.


Planting Calendar for Transvaal Daisy

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

Transvaal Daisy tend to make it in very little cold which means that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant transvaal daisy in Fort Myers Beach 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 transvaal daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your transvaal daisy may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your transvaal daisy indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Fort Myers Beach. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Fort Myers Beach and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Fort Myers Beach you get surprised by a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your transvaal daisy in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fort Myers Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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