One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The best time to plant vinca vine in Nogales can be figured out by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Vinca Vine

Frost tolerance for vinca vine:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant vinca vine a little bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant vinca vine in Nogales is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant vinca vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your vinca vine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your vinca vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Nogales is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Nogales it frosts late in the year after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your vinca vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Nogales

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.

Plants to Grow in Nogales

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