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

By using the USDA zone info for El Campo it's a good idea to estimate when it's possible to plant daylily.

Planting Calendar for Daylily

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

Daylily tend to make it in mild cold which tells us that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant daylily in El Campo is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant daylily and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your daylily may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your daylily indoors.

Last Frost Date

In El Campo the average date of last frost happens on February 15. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for El Campo is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in El Campo it frosts late in the year after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your daylily in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for El Campo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in El Campo

You may be interested in your other planting guides for El Campo.