When to Plant Brunfelsia in Temple City, CA

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

One way of determining when to plant brunfelsia is to use the USDA zone info for Temple City.


Planting Calendar for Brunfelsia

Frost tolerance for brunfelsia: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant brunfelsia until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant brunfelsia in Temple City 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 brunfelsia and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your brunfelsia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your brunfelsia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Temple City. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Temple City is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Temple City you get a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your brunfelsia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Temple City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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