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.

The USDA zone info for Fountain Inn should be reffered to in order to estimate when you can plant nierembergia.

Planting Calendar for Nierembergia

Frost tolerance for nierembergia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

You should not plant nierembergia until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Fountain Inn is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Fountain Inn last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to protect your nierembergia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fountain Inn

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.

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