When to Plant Daylily in Royal Palm Beach, FL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant daylily is to consult the USDA zone info for Royal Palm Beach.


Planting Calendar for Daylily

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

Since daylily 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 other frost tender plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant daylily 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 daylily and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your daylily may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your daylily indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Royal Palm Beach. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Royal Palm Beach is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Royal Palm Beach you get a frost after January 31 so be sure to be ready to cover your daylily in the event of one of those late frosts.

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 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.

Plants to Grow in Royal Palm Beach

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