One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. 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 Tucumcari should be looked at to estimate when you can plant monkey flower.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

You can not plant monkey flower until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Tucumcari 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your monkey flower may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your monkey flower indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Tucumcari. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Tucumcari is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Tucumcari you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your monkey flower in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tucumcari

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 Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°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.

Plants to Grow in Tucumcari

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