When to Plant Hamelia in Morrisville, PA

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.

You can estimate when it's the best time to plant hamelia in Morrisville by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Hamelia

Frost tolerance for hamelia: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost.

It's probably not a good idea to plant hamelia until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

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A good time to plant hamelia
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant hamelia
Probably not a good time to plant hamelia

The earliest that you can plant hamelia in Morrisville 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 hamelia and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your hamelia may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your hamelia indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Morrisville is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Morrisville you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your hamelia in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Morrisville

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 Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°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.

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