One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Taylorville can be reffered to in order to determine when it's possible to plant shasta daisys.

Planting Calendar for Shasta Daisys

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

Shasta Daisys are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which tells us that you can plant them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant shasta daisys in Taylorville 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 shasta daisys and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your shasta daisys may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your shasta daisys indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Taylorville. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Taylorville is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Taylorville there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your shasta daisys if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Taylorville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

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

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