One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your 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 determine when it's possible to plant english daisy in Sarasota by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for English Daisy

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

Since english daisy do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant english daisy in Sarasota 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 english daisy and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your english daisy may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your english daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Sarasota. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Sarasota is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Sarasota there is a last frost after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your english daisy in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sarasota

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.

Plants to Grow in Sarasota

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