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 figuring out when it's possible to plant basket of gold is to use the USDA zone info for Royal Palm Beach.

Planting Calendar for Basket of Gold

Frost tolerance for basket of gold:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since basket of gold do well in cold you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant basket of gold in Royal Palm Beach 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 basket of gold and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your basket of gold may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your basket of gold indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Royal Palm Beach is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Royal Palm Beach you get surprised by a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are ready to cover your basket of gold if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Royal Palm Beach

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 Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°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.

Plants to Grow in Royal Palm Beach

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Royal Palm Beach.