One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the 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.

You can figure out when it's a good idea to plant gomphrena in Wildwood by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Gomphrena

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

You can plant gomphrena just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant gomphrena in Wildwood 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 gomphrena and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your gomphrena may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your gomphrena indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Wildwood. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Wildwood is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Wildwood there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your gomphrena in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Wildwood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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