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When to Plant Common hollyhock in Palm Beach Gardens, FL

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening 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 estimate when it's the best time to plant common hollyhock by checking out the USDA zone info for Palm Beach Gardens.


Planting Calendar for Common hollyhock

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

Common hollyhock are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can plant them earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant common hollyhock 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 common hollyhock and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your common hollyhock may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your common hollyhock indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Palm Beach Gardens. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Palm Beach Gardens is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Palm Beach Gardens there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your common hollyhock in the event of 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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