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.

In Venice you can figure out when it's the best time to plant geum by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Geum

Frost tolerance for geum:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Geum do well in mild cold which tells us that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant geum in Venice 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 geum and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your geum may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your geum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Venice. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Venice is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Venice it frosts late in the year after January 31 be ready to protect your geum in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Venice

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.

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