The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant shasta daisys is to examine the USDA zone info for Salamanca.

Planting Calendar for Shasta Daisys

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

Shasta Daisys do well in some cold which tells us that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant shasta daisys in Salamanca 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 shasta daisys and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your shasta daisys may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your shasta daisys indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Salamanca. You can expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Salamanca is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Salamanca it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your shasta daisys in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Salamanca

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°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 -15°F.

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