Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Deerfield you can estimate when you can plant transvaal daisy by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Transvaal Daisy

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

Since transvaal daisy do ok in moderate cold you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant transvaal daisy in Deerfield 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 transvaal daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your transvaal daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your transvaal daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Deerfield. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Deerfield may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Deerfield you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your transvaal daisy in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Deerfield

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.

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