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.

In Florence you can figure out when it's possible to plant sutera by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sutera

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

You can plant sutera a bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

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

Last Frost Date

In Florence the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Florence is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Florence it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your sutera if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Florence

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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