One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

It's a good idea to estimate when to plant monkey flower by using the USDA zone info for Reedley.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

Monkey Flower do not do well in cold weather which means that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Reedley 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. If you wait any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to fully mature. Starting your monkey flower indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in Reedley. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Reedley is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Reedley you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Reedley

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 Reedley

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Reedley.