The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Mount Carmel should be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Four-o-clock flower are not cold tolerant which means that it's important to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Mount Carmel 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 four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your four-o-clock flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Mount Carmel. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Mount Carmel may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Mount Carmel last frost occurs after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your four-o-clock flower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mount Carmel

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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