Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of making a decision about when you can plant bower vine is to refer to the USDA zone info for Georgetown.

Planting Calendar for Bower Vine

Frost tolerance for bower vine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant bower vine until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant bower vine in Georgetown 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 bower vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your bower vine may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your bower vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Georgetown. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Georgetown is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Georgetown you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your bower vine in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Georgetown

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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