The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant dracaena is to use the USDA zone info for Ocean Shores.

Planting Calendar for Dracaena

Frost tolerance for dracaena:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since dracaena are very cold tolerant you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant dracaena in Ocean Shores is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant dracaena and expect a good harvest is probably October. Any later than that and your dracaena may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your dracaena indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Ocean Shores. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Ocean Shores is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Ocean Shores it frosts late in the year after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your dracaena in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Ocean Shores

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.

Plants to Grow in Ocean Shores

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