One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Grand Prairie can be reffered to in order to determine when it's the best time to plant browallia.

Planting Calendar for Browallia

Frost tolerance for browallia:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You can not plant browallia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant browallia in Grand Prairie 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 browallia and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your browallia may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your browallia indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Grand Prairie the average date of last frost happens on March 15. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Grand Prairie is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Grand Prairie last frost occurs after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your browallia if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Grand Prairie

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Grand Prairie

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