One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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 possible to plant nolana in Tampa by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nolana

Frost tolerance for nolana:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since nolana require warm weather it's necessary to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

The last month that you can plant nolana and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your nolana may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your nolana indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Tampa. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

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

USDA Zone Info for Tampa

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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