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 earliest that you can plant myosotis in Mineola can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Myosotis

Frost tolerance for myosotis:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Since myosotis do well in moderate cold you can plant them just a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant myosotis in Mineola 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 myosotis and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your myosotis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your myosotis indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Mineola is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Mineola there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to protect your myosotis in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mineola

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.

Plants to Grow in Mineola

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