One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

You should be able to estimate when to plant monkey flower by using the USDA zone info for Orange Cove.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

Monkey Flower do not do well in cold weather which means that it's important to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Orange Cove is March. However, you really should wait until April 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. Any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Orange Cove. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Orange Cove may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Orange Cove it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Orange Cove

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Orange Cove

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