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.

One way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant monkey flower is to examine the USDA zone info for Greeley.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant monkey flower until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Greeley is April. However, you really should wait until May 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 August. If you wait any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your monkey flower indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Greeley. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Greeley is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Greeley it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your monkey flower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Greeley

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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