One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's possible to plant scaevola in Sandersville by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

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

It's not a good idea to plant scaevola until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

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

Last Frost Date

In Sandersville the average date of last frost happens on March 15. It might get as low as 10°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 Sandersville and it will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Sandersville there is a last frost after March 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your scaevola if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sandersville

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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