When to Plant Cerastium in Palm Beach Gardens, 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.

The earliest that you can plant cerastium in Palm Beach Gardens can be determined by referring to the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Cerastium

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

Since cerastium are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant cerastium in Palm Beach Gardens 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 cerastium and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your cerastium may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your cerastium indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Palm Beach Gardens. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 30°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Palm Beach Gardens is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Palm Beach Gardens it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to protect your cerastium if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Palm Beach Gardens

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.

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