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.

In Wixom you can determine when it's a good idea to plant monkey flower by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

Frost tolerance for monkey flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

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

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Wixom. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Wixom may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Wixom last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your monkey flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wixom

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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