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.

A common way of estimating when it's possible to plant monkey flower is to use the USDA zone info for Gulfport.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

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

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Gulfport 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 monkey flower and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Gulfport. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is just an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Gulfport and it is different every year. Half of the time in Gulfport it frosts late in the year after February 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your monkey flower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Gulfport

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Gulfport

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