Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to figure out when it's the best time to plant purple coneflower by looking at the USDA zone info for Neptune Beach.

Planting Calendar for Purple Coneflower

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

Purple Coneflower do ok in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant purple coneflower in Neptune 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 purple coneflower and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your purple coneflower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your purple coneflower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Neptune Beach. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Neptune Beach is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Neptune Beach you get a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your purple coneflower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Neptune Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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