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

A common way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant jasmine is to refer to the USDA zone info for Westwego.

Planting Calendar for Jasmine

Frost tolerance for jasmine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's not a good idea to plant jasmine until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant jasmine in Westwego 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 jasmine and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your jasmine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your jasmine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Westwego. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Westwego may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Westwego there is a last frost after February 15 be ready to cover your jasmine if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Westwego

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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