One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

One way of estimating when it's a good idea to plant matricaria is to use the USDA zone info for Weatherford.

Planting Calendar for Matricaria

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

Matricaria do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Weatherford. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Weatherford is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Weatherford you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your matricaria if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Weatherford

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 Weatherford

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Weatherford.