When to Plant Verbena in North Palm Beach, FL

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 figure out when it's a good idea to plant verbena by referring to the USDA zone info for North Palm Beach.


Planting Calendar for Verbena

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

You can plant verbena just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant verbena in North Palm 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 verbena and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your verbena may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your verbena indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in North Palm Beach. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost may not be accurate from year to year because it is based on the USDA zone info for North Palm Beach and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in North Palm Beach last frost occurs after January 31 be ready to cover your verbena in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for North Palm Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low35°F
Highest Expected Low40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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