One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 Morehead City can be looked at to determine when you can plant missouri primrose.

Planting Calendar for Missouri Primrose

Frost tolerance for missouri primrose:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Missouri Primrose do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them a little bit earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant missouri primrose in Morehead City is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant missouri primrose and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your missouri primrose may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your missouri primrose indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Morehead City. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Morehead City and it changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Morehead City it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your missouri primrose if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Morehead City

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.

Plants to Grow in Morehead City

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