One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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 looking at the USDA zone info for Cedarhurst it's possible to estimate when it's the best time to plant four-o-clock flower.

Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant four-o-clock flower until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Cedarhurst 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 four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your four-o-clock flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Cedarhurst. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Cedarhurst and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Cedarhurst last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your four-o-clock flower in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cedarhurst

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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