Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Massapequa Park you can determine when you can plant gloriosa daisy by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Gloriosa Daisy

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

Since gloriosa daisy do well in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant gloriosa daisy in Massapequa Park is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant gloriosa daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your gloriosa daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your gloriosa daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Massapequa Park. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Massapequa Park is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Massapequa Park last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your gloriosa daisy in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Massapequa Park

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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