One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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 way of determining when to plant pincushion flower is to examine the USDA zone info for Weatherford.

Planting Calendar for Pincushion Flower

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

You can plant pincushion flower a bit earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

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

Last Frost Date

In Weatherford the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Weatherford is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Weatherford there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your pincushion flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Weatherford

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 Weatherford

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