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.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant arctotis by checking out the USDA zone info for Canton.

Planting Calendar for Arctotis

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

Arctotis are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can plant them earlier than more sensitive plants.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Canton. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Canton is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Canton there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your arctotis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Canton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

Plants to Grow in Canton

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