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.

In Haines City you can estimate when it's the best time to plant iresene by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Iresene

Frost tolerance for iresene:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

You can not plant iresene until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Haines City. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Haines City is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Haines City you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your iresene if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Haines City

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.

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