One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your 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 making a decision about when it's the best time to plant monkey flower is to examine the USDA zone info for Imperial Beach.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

Frost tolerance for monkey flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since monkey flower do not do well in cold weather you really should wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Imperial Beach 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 monkey flower and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your monkey flower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Imperial Beach. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Imperial Beach is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Imperial Beach you get a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your monkey flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Imperial Beach

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.

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