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 figure out when it's possible to plant canna in Sebastian by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Canna

Frost tolerance for canna:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant canna until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

The last month that you can plant canna and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your canna may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your canna indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Sebastian is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Sebastian it frosts late in the year after January 31 so make sure that you are ready to cover your canna in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Sebastian

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 Sebastian

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