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

The first opportunity to plant scaevola in Lakewood should be figured out by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

Frost tolerance for scaevola:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant scaevola until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Lakewood 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 scaevola and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your scaevola may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your scaevola indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Lakewood. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Lakewood is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Lakewood last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your scaevola in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lakewood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

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