Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden 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 Ada should be used 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 really shouldn't plant monkey flower until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Ada 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. Any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your monkey flower indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Ada. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Ada is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Ada it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Ada

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

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