When to Plant Thunbergia in Bernardsville, NJ

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out 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 Bernardsville can be read to figure out when it's the best time to plant thunbergia.


Planting Calendar for Thunbergia

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

Since thunbergia do not do well in cold weather you need to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

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Legend 
A good time to plant thunbergia
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant thunbergia
Probably not a good time to plant thunbergia

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

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Bernardsville is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Bernardsville it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your thunbergia in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bernardsville

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 Low0°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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