One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

In Cedarhurst you can figure out when to plant sanvitalia by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Sanvitalia

Frost tolerance for sanvitalia:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant sanvitalia a bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

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

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Cedarhurst. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cedarhurst is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Cedarhurst it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your sanvitalia if you have one of those late frosts.

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.

Plants to Grow in Cedarhurst

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