Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. 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 a good idea to plant scaevola in Pascagoula by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

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

It's a bad idea to plant scaevola until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Pascagoula 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 scaevola and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your scaevola may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your scaevola indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Pascagoula the average date of last frost happens on March 15. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pascagoula is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Pascagoula it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to cover your scaevola if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Pascagoula

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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