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.

One way of getting a good idea when it's a good idea to plant vinca vine is to examine the USDA zone info for New Smyrna Beach.

Planting Calendar for Vinca Vine

Frost tolerance for vinca vine:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Since vinca vine do well in moderate cold you can plant them a little bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant vinca vine in New Smyrna Beach is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant vinca vine and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your vinca vine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your vinca vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for New Smyrna Beach is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in New Smyrna Beach last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to cover your vinca vine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Smyrna Beach

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 Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°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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