Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for New Albany can be reffered to in order to estimate when it's the best time to plant gazania.

Planting Calendar for Gazania

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

Gazania are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather which tells us that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant gazania in New Albany 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 gazania and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your gazania may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your gazania indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in New Albany. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for New Albany is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in New Albany last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your gazania if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Albany

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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