One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You will be able to figure out when it's possible to plant transvaal daisy by looking at the USDA zone info for Norfolk.

Planting Calendar for Transvaal Daisy

Frost tolerance for transvaal daisy:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant transvaal daisy a bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Norfolk. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Norfolk is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Norfolk last frost occurs after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your transvaal daisy if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Norfolk

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 Norfolk

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