Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to figure out when it's the best time to plant painted daisies by looking at the USDA zone info for Knoxville.

Planting Calendar for Painted Daisies

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

Painted Daisies do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant painted daisies in Knoxville 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 painted daisies and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your painted daisies may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your painted daisies indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Knoxville. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Knoxville is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Knoxville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so always be ready to cover your painted daisies if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Knoxville

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.

Plants to Grow in Knoxville

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