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

A way of figuring out when you can plant portulaca is to look at the USDA zone info for Plaquemine.

Planting Calendar for Portulaca

Frost tolerance for portulaca:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since portulaca are not cold tolerant you really should wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant portulaca in Plaquemine 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 portulaca and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your portulaca may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your portulaca indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Plaquemine. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Plaquemine may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Plaquemine there is a last frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your portulaca if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Plaquemine

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Plaquemine

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