When to Plant Periwinkles in Glendora, CA

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.

A way of estimating when to plant periwinkles is to refer to the USDA zone info for Glendora.


Planting Calendar for Periwinkles

Frost tolerance for periwinkles: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's a bad idea to plant periwinkles until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

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A good time to plant periwinkles
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant periwinkles
Probably not a good time to plant periwinkles

The earliest that you can plant periwinkles in Glendora 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 periwinkles and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your periwinkles may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your periwinkles indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Glendora. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Glendora is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Glendora there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your periwinkles if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Glendora

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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