Candytuft · Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
When to sow candytufts in Sialkot
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Sialkot, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Sialkot
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Candytufts through the year
Against the frost risk in Sialkot
Why these dates
Sow direct three weeks before the last frost where it is to flower. It has a short season, roughly five weeks, so sow in succession every three weeks for a continuous show. Cut back hard after flowering and a second flush sometimes follows.
Hardy to about -10C, so it can be autumn-sown in zone 7 and milder for late spring flowers. Finishes quickly once the weather turns hot.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Candytufts are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Sialkot.
Hardiness is not the obstacle here. Sialkot is zone 10b, comfortably inside the range this crop is rated for, so an established plant should come through an average winter without protection.
Also in Sialkot
Other flowers to time
Growing candytufts in Sialkot
How much frost will candytufts tolerate?
Hardy to about -10C, so it can be autumn-sown in zone 7 and milder for late spring flowers. Finishes quickly once the weather turns hot.