The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of making a decision about when you can plant browallia is to examine the USDA zone info for Belmar.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

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

You can not plant browallia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Belmar 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 fully mature. If you are starting your browallia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Belmar. You should expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Belmar may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Belmar you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your browallia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Belmar

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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