One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

A common way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant browallia is to examine the USDA zone info for Selma.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

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

Browallia require warm weather which means that you must wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Selma 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 browallia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your browallia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Selma. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Selma may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Selma you get a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your browallia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Selma

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 Selma

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