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.

A way of figuring out when you can plant geum is to examine the USDA zone info for Hidalgo.

Planting Calendar for Geum

Frost tolerance for geum:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Geum do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant geum in Hidalgo 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 geum and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your geum may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your geum indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Hidalgo. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Hidalgo is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Hidalgo you get a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your geum in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Hidalgo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Hidalgo

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