When to Plant Calibrachoa in Wilsonville, OR

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

You can estimate when it's possible to plant calibrachoa in Wilsonville by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Calibrachoa

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

You can plant calibrachoa a bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather.

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The earliest that you can plant calibrachoa in Wilsonville 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 calibrachoa and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your calibrachoa may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your calibrachoa indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Wilsonville. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Wilsonville may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Wilsonville it frosts late in the year after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your calibrachoa in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wilsonville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)November 15
Lowest Expected Low15°F
Highest Expected Low20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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