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.

The USDA zone info for San Bernardino should be reffered to in order to estimate when it's possible to plant evolvulus.

Planting Calendar for Evolvulus

Frost tolerance for evolvulus:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's a bad idea to plant evolvulus until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant evolvulus in San Bernardino 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 evolvulus and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your evolvulus may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your evolvulus indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on February 15 in San Bernardino. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for San Bernardino and it changes from year to year. Since half of the time in San Bernardino you get a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your evolvulus in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for San Bernardino

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.

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