When to sow larkspurs in Morelia

Why these dates

Sow direct four weeks before the last frost, into cool soil - the seed germinates below 15C and often refuses above 18C, which is why late sowings fail. Do not start it indoors; the taproot makes transplanting unreliable. Chilling the seed in a fridge for a fortnight before sowing improves germination markedly.

Hardy to about -12C as a seedling, so autumn sowing works well in zone 7 and milder and produces plants twice the size of spring-sown ones. Collapses in humid heat and will not persist through a subtropical summer.

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. Larkspurs are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Morelia.

Morelia sits in zone 10b, 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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