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 Kansas City you can determine when it's possible to plant painted daisies by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Painted Daisies

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

Painted Daisies are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant painted daisies in Kansas City 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 painted daisies and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your painted daisies may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your painted daisies indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Kansas City the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Kansas City may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Kansas City it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your painted daisies in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Kansas City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

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