When to Plant Calibrachoa in Ormond Beach, 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.

In Ormond Beach you can determine when you can plant calibrachoa by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Calibrachoa

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

Calibrachoa do ok in moderate cold which means that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant calibrachoa in Ormond 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 calibrachoa and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your calibrachoa may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your calibrachoa indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Ormond Beach. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Ormond Beach is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Ormond Beach you get a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your calibrachoa in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Ormond Beach

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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.

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