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.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant coreopsis in Sanford by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Coreopsis

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

You can plant coreopsis a little bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant coreopsis in Sanford 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 coreopsis and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your coreopsis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your coreopsis indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Sanford. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Sanford is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Sanford it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your coreopsis if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sanford

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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