One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

In Kill Devil Hills you can estimate when you can plant chinese celery by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chinese celery

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

Since chinese celery do ok in moderate cold you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant chinese celery in Kill Devil Hills 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 chinese celery and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chinese celery may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your chinese celery indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Kill Devil Hills. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Kill Devil Hills is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Kill Devil Hills it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your chinese celery in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Kill Devil Hills

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.

Plants to Grow in Kill Devil Hills

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