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.

The USDA zone info for Columbia can be used to estimate when you can plant gloriosa daisy.

Planting Calendar for Gloriosa Daisy

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

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

The earliest that you can plant gloriosa daisy in Columbia 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 gloriosa daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your gloriosa daisy may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your gloriosa daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Columbia. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Columbia is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Columbia it frosts late in the year after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your gloriosa daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Columbia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Columbia

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