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.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant centaurea in Toccoa by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Centaurea

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

Since centaurea are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Toccoa is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Toccoa it frosts late in the year after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your centaurea if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Toccoa

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 Toccoa

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