When to Plant Gazania in Osawatomie, KS

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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant gazania is to look at the USDA zone info for Osawatomie.


Planting Calendar for Gazania

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

Since gazania are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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A good time to plant gazania
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant gazania
Probably not a good time to plant gazania

The earliest that you can plant gazania in Osawatomie 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 gazania and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your gazania may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your gazania indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Osawatomie. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Osawatomie is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Osawatomie you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your gazania if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Osawatomie

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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