One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the 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 it's the best time to plant calibrachoa in Morris by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Calibrachoa

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

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

The earliest that you can plant calibrachoa in Morris is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

In Morris the average date of last frost happens on May 15. You should expect an average low temperature of -30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Morris is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Morris it frosts late in the year after May 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your calibrachoa in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Morris

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-30°F
Highest Expected Low	-25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -25°F.

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