When to Plant Purple Bell Vines in San Ramon, CA

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when you can plant purple bell vines in San Ramon by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Purple Bell Vines

Frost tolerance for purple bell vines: Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant: Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant purple bell vines a bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant purple bell vines
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant purple bell vines
Probably not a good time to plant purple bell vines

The earliest that you can plant purple bell vines in San Ramon 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 purple bell vines and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your purple bell vines may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your purple bell vines indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in San Ramon. You can expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for San Ramon 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 San Ramon there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to cover your purple bell vines in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for San Ramon

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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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