The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Jacksonville you can determine when it's a good idea to plant angelonia by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Angelonia

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

Angelonia do ok in moderate cold which means that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Jacksonville. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Jacksonville is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Jacksonville you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your angelonia in the event of a surprise late frost.

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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