One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant scaevola by referring to the USDA zone info for Fairview.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

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

It's not a good idea to plant scaevola until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Fairview 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 scaevola and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your scaevola may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your scaevola indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Fairview. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Fairview may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Fairview it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your scaevola if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fairview

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.

Plants to Grow in Fairview

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Fairview.