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.

You can determine when it's the best time to plant cuphea in Weslaco by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Cuphea

Frost tolerance for cuphea:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant cuphea until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant cuphea in Weslaco is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant cuphea and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your cuphea may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your cuphea indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Weslaco. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Weslaco is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Weslaco it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your cuphea if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Weslaco

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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