One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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 Georgetown can be reviewed to estimate when it's possible to plant flowering tobacco.

Planting Calendar for Flowering Tobacco

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

It's a bad idea to plant flowering tobacco until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant flowering tobacco in Georgetown 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 flowering tobacco and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your flowering tobacco may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your flowering tobacco indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Georgetown. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Georgetown may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Georgetown last frost occurs after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your flowering tobacco in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Georgetown

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 Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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.

Plants to Grow in Georgetown

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