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

One way of estimating when it's the best time to plant browallia is to examine the USDA zone info for Ardsley.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

Frost tolerance for browallia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since browallia require warm weather you really should wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Ardsley 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. Any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your browallia indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Ardsley. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Ardsley and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Ardsley you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your browallia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Ardsley

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.

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