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 should be able to figure out when it's the best time to plant evolvulus by using the USDA zone info for Socorro.

Planting Calendar for Evolvulus

Frost tolerance for evolvulus:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's a bad idea to plant evolvulus until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant evolvulus in Socorro 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 evolvulus and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your evolvulus may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your evolvulus indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Socorro. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Socorro is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Socorro you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your evolvulus in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Socorro

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 Socorro

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