One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

In Long Beach you can figure out when it's the best time to plant chrysocephalum by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chrysocephalum

Frost tolerance for chrysocephalum:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Chrysocephalum are not cold tolerant which tells us that it's important to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant chrysocephalum in Long Beach 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 chrysocephalum and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your chrysocephalum may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your chrysocephalum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Long Beach. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Long Beach is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Long Beach you get a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your chrysocephalum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Long Beach

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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