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.

In Yoakum you can figure out when it's possible to plant black eyed susans by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Black Eyed Susans

Frost tolerance for black eyed susans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Black Eyed Susans do not do well in cold weather which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Yoakum. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Yoakum is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Yoakum you get a frost after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your black eyed susans if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Yoakum

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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