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.

A common way of determining when you can plant chrysanthemum is to use the USDA zone info for Pensacola.

Planting Calendar for Chrysanthemum

Frost tolerance for chrysanthemum:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Chrysanthemum require warm weather which means that you have to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant chrysanthemum in Pensacola is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant chrysanthemum and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your chrysanthemum may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your chrysanthemum indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Pensacola. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Pensacola is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Pensacola it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your chrysanthemum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pensacola

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.

Plants to Grow in Pensacola

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