When to Plant Monkey Flower in Debary, FL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

It's possible to figure out when it's the best time to plant monkey flower by checking out the USDA zone info for Debary.


Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

Since monkey flower require warm weather you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant monkey flower
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant monkey flower
Probably not a good time to plant monkey flower

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Debary 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 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 really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Debary. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Debary is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Debary you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your monkey flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Debary

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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