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

In Mount Joy you can estimate when it's the best time to plant jasmine by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Jasmine

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

Jasmine require warm weather which tells us that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant jasmine in Mount Joy 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 jasmine and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your jasmine may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your jasmine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Mount Joy. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that the actual date of last frost may not be accurate from year to year because it is based on the USDA zone info for Mount Joy and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Mount Joy last frost occurs after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your jasmine in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mount Joy

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 Low	0°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.

Plants to Grow in Mount Joy

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