One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

You can estimate when to plant violets in Wildwood by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Violets

Frost tolerance for violets:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant violets a little bit earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant violets in Wildwood is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Wildwood. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Wildwood is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Wildwood you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your violets in the event of one of those late frosts.

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.

Plants to Grow in Wildwood

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