One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of determining when it's the best time to plant browallia is to look at the USDA zone info for Tenafly.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

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

Since browallia are not cold tolerant it's necessary to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Tenafly 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. If you wait any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your browallia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Tenafly is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Tenafly it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your browallia if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tenafly

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 Tenafly

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