When to Plant Livingstone Daisy in Rock Hill, SC

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.

By checking out the USDA zone info for Rock Hill you should be able to figure out when it's possible to plant livingstone daisy.


Planting Calendar for Livingstone Daisy

Frost tolerance for livingstone daisy: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

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

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

The earliest that you can plant livingstone daisy in Rock Hill 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 livingstone daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your livingstone daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your livingstone daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Rock Hill. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Rock Hill is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Rock Hill you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your livingstone daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Rock Hill

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 Low10°F
Highest Expected Low15°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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