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 earliest that you can plant didiscus in Little Silver can be determined by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Didiscus

Frost tolerance for didiscus:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Since didiscus are barely cold tolerant you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant didiscus in Little Silver is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant didiscus and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your didiscus may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your didiscus indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Little Silver. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Little Silver is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Little Silver you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your didiscus in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Little Silver

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 Little Silver

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