When to Plant Jasmine in Scotts Valley, CA

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Scotts Valley you can figure out when you can plant jasmine by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Jasmine

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant jasmine until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant jasmine
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant jasmine
Probably not a good time to plant jasmine

The earliest that you can plant jasmine in Scotts Valley 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 jasmine and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your jasmine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your jasmine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Scotts Valley. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Scotts Valley may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Scotts Valley there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to cover your jasmine if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Scotts Valley

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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