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.

In Mount Vernon you can figure out when it's a good idea to plant transvaal daisy by using the USDA zone info.

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.

Since transvaal daisy do ok in moderate cold you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant transvaal daisy in Mount Vernon 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. Any later than that and your transvaal daisy may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your transvaal daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Mount Vernon. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Mount Vernon is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Mount Vernon last frost occurs after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your transvaal daisy if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Mount Vernon

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.

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