One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. 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 a good idea to plant chocolate daisy is to refer to the USDA zone info for Stillwater.

Planting Calendar for Chocolate Daisy

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

Chocolate Daisy 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 other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant chocolate daisy in Stillwater 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 chocolate daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your chocolate daisy may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your chocolate daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Stillwater. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Stillwater is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Stillwater last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to cover your chocolate daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Stillwater

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Stillwater

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Stillwater.