Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden 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 getting a good idea when it's possible to plant bellis is to examine the USDA zone info for Ada.

Planting Calendar for Bellis

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

Bellis are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant bellis in Ada 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 bellis and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your bellis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your bellis indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Ada. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Ada is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Ada you get a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your bellis in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Ada

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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