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

You can determine when it's the best time to plant nolana in Madisonville by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Nolana

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant nolana until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant nolana in Madisonville 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 nolana and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your nolana may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your nolana indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Madisonville. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Madisonville may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Madisonville you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your nolana in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Madisonville

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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