The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to figure out when it's the best time to plant monkey flower by looking at the USDA zone info for Pendleton.

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 all chance of frost has passed because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Pendleton 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. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your monkey flower indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Pendleton. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Pendleton may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Pendleton you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pendleton

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.

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