The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Stone Mountain you can estimate when it's possible to plant creeping zinnia by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Creeping Zinnia

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

Creeping Zinnia do ok in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant creeping zinnia in Stone Mountain 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 creeping zinnia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your creeping zinnia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your creeping zinnia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Stone Mountain. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Stone Mountain is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Stone Mountain there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your creeping zinnia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Stone Mountain

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Stone Mountain

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