One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You will be able to figure out when it's a good idea to plant monkey flower by looking at the USDA zone info for Johnstown.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

Since monkey flower are not cold tolerant you must wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Johnstown 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. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Johnstown. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Johnstown is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Johnstown it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your monkey flower in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Johnstown

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.

Plants to Grow in Johnstown

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