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

You will be able to determine when you can plant regal geranium by referring to the USDA zone info for Eatonton.

Planting Calendar for Regal Geranium

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

Regal Geranium do ok in some cold which tells us that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant regal geranium in Eatonton 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 regal geranium and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your regal geranium may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your regal geranium indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Eatonton. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Eatonton is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Eatonton you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your regal geranium in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Eatonton

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 Eatonton

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