When to Plant Armeria in Kaufman, TX

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.

The USDA zone info for Kaufman can be reffered to in order to determine when it's possible to plant armeria.


Planting Calendar for Armeria

Frost tolerance for armeria: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since armeria do well in cold you can plant them much earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant armeria
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant armeria
Probably not a good time to plant armeria

The earliest that you can plant armeria in Kaufman 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 armeria and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your armeria may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your armeria indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Kaufman. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Kaufman is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Kaufman you get a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your armeria in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Kaufman

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 Low10°F
Highest Expected Low15°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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