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 Live Oak you can figure out when it's possible to plant myosotis by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Myosotis

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

Myosotis do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant myosotis in Live Oak 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 myosotis and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your myosotis may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your myosotis indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Live Oak. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Live Oak is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Live Oak last frost occurs after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your myosotis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Live Oak

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Live Oak

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