When to Plant Evolvulus in Winter Garden, FL

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of determining when to plant evolvulus is to consult the USDA zone info for Winter Garden.


Planting Calendar for Evolvulus

Frost tolerance for evolvulus: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

Evolvulus do not do well in cold weather which tells us that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant evolvulus
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant evolvulus
Probably not a good time to plant evolvulus

The earliest that you can plant evolvulus in Winter Garden 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 evolvulus and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your evolvulus may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your evolvulus indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Winter Garden. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Winter Garden may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Winter Garden you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your evolvulus in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Winter Garden

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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 Winter Garden

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Winter Garden.