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.

In Lumberton you can figure out when it's possible to plant black eyed susans by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Black Eyed Susans

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

Since black eyed susans require warm weather you have to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant black eyed susans in Lumberton 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 black eyed susans and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your black eyed susans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your black eyed susans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Lumberton. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Lumberton is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Lumberton there is a last frost after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your black eyed susans if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lumberton

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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