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.

In Harriman you can determine when it's the best time to plant scaevola by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant scaevola until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Harriman is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Harriman last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to cover your scaevola in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Harriman

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 Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°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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