Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of determining when it's the best time to plant abutilon is to consult the USDA zone info for Irving.

Planting Calendar for Abutilon

Frost tolerance for abutilon:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Abutilon are not cold tolerant which means that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant abutilon in Irving 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 abutilon and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your abutilon may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your abutilon indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Irving. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Irving is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Irving last frost occurs after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your abutilon if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Irving

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

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