When to Plant Gloriosa Lily in Pleasant Garden, NC

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 first opportunity to plant gloriosa lily in Pleasant Garden can be determined by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Gloriosa Lily

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

Gloriosa Lily are not cold tolerant which means that it is important to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant gloriosa lily
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant gloriosa lily
Probably not a good time to plant gloriosa lily

The earliest that you can plant gloriosa lily in Pleasant Garden 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 gloriosa lily and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your gloriosa lily may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your gloriosa lily indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Pleasant Garden. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Pleasant Garden and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Pleasant Garden you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your gloriosa lily if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pleasant Garden

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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