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When to Plant Achillea in Marco Island, FL

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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant achillea is to examine the USDA zone info for Marco Island.


Planting Calendar for Achillea

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

Achillea are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather which tells us that you can start planting them much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

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

Last Frost Date

In Marco Island the average date of last frost happens on January 31. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Marco Island and it will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Marco Island there is a last frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your achillea if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Marco Island

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.

Plants to Grow in Marco Island

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Marco Island.