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

In Bell Gardens you can determine when you can plant purslane by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Purslane

Frost tolerance for purslane:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant purslane slightly earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant purslane in Bell Gardens 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 purslane and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your purslane may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your purslane indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Bell Gardens. It might get as low as 35°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Bell Gardens may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Bell Gardens you get surprised by a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your purslane in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bell Gardens

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

Plants to Grow in Bell Gardens

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Bell Gardens.