One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

It's a good idea to determine when you can plant myosotis by using the USDA zone info for Americus.

Planting Calendar for Myosotis

Frost tolerance for myosotis:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Myosotis do ok in mild cold which means that you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant myosotis in Americus 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 myosotis and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your myosotis may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your myosotis indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Americus. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Americus is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Americus you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your myosotis in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Americus

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Americus

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Americus.