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

One way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant brunfelsia is to refer to the USDA zone info for Hephzibah.

Planting Calendar for Brunfelsia

Frost tolerance for brunfelsia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since brunfelsia require warm weather you need to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant brunfelsia in Hephzibah is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Hephzibah. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Hephzibah may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Hephzibah it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your brunfelsia in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hephzibah

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.

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