One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Ingleside you can determine when it's possible to plant chocolate daisy by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chocolate Daisy

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

Chocolate Daisy tend to make it in a tiny bit of cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant chocolate daisy in Ingleside 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 chocolate daisy and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your chocolate daisy may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your chocolate daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Ingleside. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Ingleside is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Ingleside it frosts late in the year after February 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your chocolate daisy if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Ingleside

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.

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