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.

The USDA zone info for Jacksonville can be read to estimate when you can plant abutilon.

Planting Calendar for Abutilon

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant abutilon until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant abutilon in Jacksonville 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 abutilon and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your abutilon may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your abutilon 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 Jacksonville. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Jacksonville may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Jacksonville you get a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your abutilon if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Jacksonville

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.

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