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

The USDA zone info for Brookhaven can be used to figure out when you can plant jasmine.

Planting Calendar for Jasmine

Frost tolerance for jasmine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You should not plant jasmine until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant jasmine in Brookhaven 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 jasmine and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your jasmine may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your jasmine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Brookhaven. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Brookhaven is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Brookhaven it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your jasmine in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Brookhaven

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Brookhaven

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