The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Vero Beach you can figure out when you can plant artemesia by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Artemesia

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

Since artemesia are barely cold tolerant you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant artemesia in Vero Beach 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 artemesia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your artemesia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your artemesia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Vero Beach. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Vero Beach and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Vero Beach last frost occurs after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to protect your artemesia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Vero Beach

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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