When to Plant Doronicum in Las Vegas, NV

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

By using the USDA zone info for Las Vegas it's a good idea to estimate when to plant doronicum.


Planting Calendar for Doronicum

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

Doronicum are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which means that you can plant them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant doronicum
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant doronicum
Probably not a good time to plant doronicum

The earliest that you can plant doronicum in Las Vegas is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant doronicum and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your doronicum may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your doronicum indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Las Vegas. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Las Vegas and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Las Vegas last frost occurs after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your doronicum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Las Vegas

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low20°F
Highest Expected Low25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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