When to Plant Bower Vine in Prineville, OR

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.

In Prineville you can estimate when it's possible to plant bower vine by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Bower Vine

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

Bower Vine are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant bower vine
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant bower vine
Probably not a good time to plant bower vine

The earliest that you can plant bower vine in Prineville 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 bower vine and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your bower vine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your bower vine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Prineville. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Prineville is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Prineville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your bower vine in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Prineville

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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