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.

The USDA zone info for Villa Rica can be reffered to in order to figure out when you can plant diascia.

Planting Calendar for Diascia

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

You can plant diascia a little earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant diascia in Villa Rica 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 diascia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your diascia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your diascia indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Villa Rica. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Villa Rica and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Villa Rica you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your diascia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Villa Rica

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.

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