The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Sugar Grove you can estimate when it's possible to plant monkey flower by using the USDA zone info.

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 must wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Sugar Grove 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 grow to maturity. If you are starting your monkey flower indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Sugar Grove. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Sugar Grove is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Sugar Grove it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sugar Grove

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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