When to Plant Monkey Flower in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Point Pleasant Beach can be looked at to determine when it's the best time to plant monkey flower.


Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant monkey flower until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

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A good time to plant monkey flower
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant monkey flower
Probably not a good time to plant monkey flower

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Point Pleasant Beach 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 really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Point Pleasant Beach. You should expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Point Pleasant Beach is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Point Pleasant Beach last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your monkey flower in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Point Pleasant Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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