When to sow godetias in Málaga

Why these dates

Sow direct three weeks before the last frost, thinly, on unimproved ground - rich soil gives leaves instead of flowers. Do not thin too hard; it flowers better standing slightly crowded and supports itself that way. Needs cool nights to set buds, so late sowings in a hot climate rarely amount to much.

Hardy to about -8C as a seedling. It is a plant of cool maritime summers, so autumn sowing suits zone 8 and 9 well while hot inland summers defeat it whenever it is sown.

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. Godetias are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Málaga.

Málaga sits in zone 11b, which is milder than this crop wants, and a winter that never really arrives is its own problem. The dates below still describe the right time of year; the open question is survival rather than timing.

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