One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your 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.

A common way of making a decision about when to plant monkey flower is to refer to the USDA zone info for West Hollywood.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant monkey flower until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in West Hollywood 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 monkey flower and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your monkey flower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in West Hollywood. It might get as low as 35°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for West Hollywood may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in West Hollywood you get surprised by a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for West Hollywood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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