One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

A common way of determining when to plant bower vine is to examine the USDA zone info for Tracy.

Planting Calendar for Bower Vine

Frost tolerance for bower vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since bower vine require warm weather you need to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant bower vine in Tracy 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 bower vine and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your bower vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your bower vine indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Tracy. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Tracy may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Tracy it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your bower vine in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tracy

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Tracy

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