When to Plant Bower Vine in La Mirada, CA

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.

The USDA zone info for La Mirada can be looked at to figure out when it's the best time to plant bower vine.


Planting Calendar for Bower Vine

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant bower vine until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant bower vine
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant bower vine
Probably not a good time to plant bower vine

The earliest that you can plant bower vine in La Mirada 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 bower vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your bower vine may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your bower vine indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in La Mirada. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Remember that the actual date of last frost is not always accurate because it is based on the USDA zone info for La Mirada and it can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in La Mirada there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to cover your bower vine if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for La Mirada

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 Low35°F
Highest Expected Low40°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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