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

You will be able to determine when it's the best time to plant four-o-clock flower by referring to the USDA zone info for Pilot Point.

Planting Calendar for Four-o-clock flower

Frost tolerance for four-o-clock flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant four-o-clock flower until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant four-o-clock flower in Pilot Point 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 four-o-clock flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your four-o-clock flower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your four-o-clock flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Pilot Point. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Pilot Point is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Pilot Point it frosts late in the year after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your four-o-clock flower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pilot Point

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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