One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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.

The first opportunity to plant basket of gold in Horn Lake should be determined by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Basket of Gold

Frost tolerance for basket of gold:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

You can plant basket of gold a lot earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant basket of gold in Horn Lake is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant basket of gold and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your basket of gold may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your basket of gold indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Horn Lake. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Horn Lake is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Horn Lake you get a frost after March 15 be ready to cover your basket of gold if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Horn Lake

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Horn Lake

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