One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when you can plant torenia in Youngsville by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Torenia

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant torenia until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant torenia in Youngsville 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 torenia and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your torenia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your torenia indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Youngsville is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Youngsville there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to protect your torenia in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Youngsville

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.

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