One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant matricaria by checking out the USDA zone info for Lady Lake.

Planting Calendar for Matricaria

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

Matricaria are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Remember that USDA zone info for Lady Lake may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Lady Lake you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your matricaria if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lady Lake

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 Lady Lake

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Lady Lake.