One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

The USDA zone info for Aberdeen should be looked at to estimate when it's the best time to plant coleus.

Planting Calendar for Coleus

Frost tolerance for coleus:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You can not plant coleus until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Aberdeen is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Aberdeen you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your coleus in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Aberdeen

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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